Kolkata Metro Blue Line services disrupted after suicide attempt at MG Road station — Check which stations are closed

Kolkata Metro Update: Services on the Blue Line of the Kolkata Metro were disrupted on Saturday due to a suicide attempt, the Metro Railway, Kolkata, said in an alert.

According to an alert on the Kolkata Metro app, a person attempted suicide at the Mahatma Gandhi Road station.

As a result, Kolkata Metro Blue Line services saw a disruption from Belgachia to Park Street metro stations. Services are available from Dakshineshwar to Dumdum, and from Maidan to Shahid Khudiram.

“Due to a suicide attempt at Mahatma Gandhi Road Station, Metro services in Blue Line is presently available between Dakshineswar to Dum Dum Station and Maidan to Shahid Khudiram station,” the app alert said on Saturday afternoon.

The authorities did not provide any details of the person.

Kolkata Metro service disrupted: Which stations are closed?

Due to the suicide attempt at the MG Road station, services are suspended at the following stations —

• Belgachia
• Shyambazar
• Shobhabazar Sutanuti

• Girish Park
• Mahatma Gandhi Road
• Central
• Chandni Chowk
• Esplanade
• Park Street

Two suicide attempts in three days

This is the second time in three days that a suicide attempt has disrupted Kolkata Metro Blue Line services.

Earlier on Thursday, Kolkata Metro Railway services on the arterial north-south alignment, were affected for nearly an hour in the afternoon owing to an alleged suicide attempt by a male passenger, an official said.

The man tried to die by suicide by jumping before the tracks at Netaji station around 3.10 pm, he said.

Normal services were restored on the Dakshineswar- Sahid Khudiram stretch from 4.05 pm, he said.

Truncated services were operated between Maidan and Dakshineswar stations on both up and down lines during the period, the official said.

Details about the male passenger were not immediately known.

Kolkata Metro introduces more trains

Meanwhile, Metro Railway Kolkata today said it will operate 202 services (101 UP and 101 DN) on the Green Line (Howrah Maidan–Salt Lake Sector V) on Saturdays from November 22, up from the current 186 services.

The first train will depart at 6.32 am from Salt Lake Sector V and at 6.30 am from Howrah Maidan. The last services will run at 9.47 pm from Salt Lake Sector V and 9.45 pm from Howrah Maidan.

On the Purple Line (Joka–Majerhat), 40 services (20 UP and 20 DN) will operate on Saturdays.

On the Orange Line (Kavi Subhas-Beleghata), the Metro Railway has announced introduction of communication-based train control system (CBTC) from November 24.