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Kolkata will enjoy midnight Metro Railway services on IPL days

1 min read 06 Apr 2023, 12:14 PM IST Join us

Sounak Mukhopadhyay

The April 6 IPL match against RCB will mark KKR's homecoming to Eden Gardens after three years.

Eden Gardens will host an IPL match after three years.

Kolkata Metro Railway has announced that it will operate midnight trains for the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The occasion coincides with the celebrations of Good Friday 2023.

According to Kausik Mitra, Chief Public Relation Officer, special Metro services will also be provided for IPL T-20 matches. The services will start from Esplanade at 00:15 am and will reach Dakshineswar at 00:48 am. For the people of Kavi Subhash area, another special train will start from Esplanade at 00:15 am and will reach Kavi Subhash at 00:48 am on the dates of IPL T-20 matches. Both trains will stop at all stations.

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The special services will, however, have a reduced number of trains on its Blue and Green lines on Good Friday. Instead of the regular 288 services, only 188 services will be run on the Blue line (Kavi Subhash to Dum Dum/Dakshineswar, Dum Dum/Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash) on April 7 while the Green line (Sealdah to Salt Lake Sector V, Salt Lake Sector V to Sealdah) will only have 90 services instead of 106. However, the service hours will remain unchanged for both corridors.

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Meanwhile, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has planned a spectacular drone show for the IPL 2023 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore, which will be held at Eden Gardens. This will be the first IPL match in Kolkata in over three years. The drone show will feature over 500 drones and promises to be a thrilling spectacle for fans and players alike.

A similar drone show was held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad for the IPL 2023 opener ahead of Gujarat Titans' match against Chennai Super Kings. The show was organised in partnership with TATA, the title sponsor of the IPL.

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Sounak Mukhopadhyay

Sounak Mukhopadhyay, who also goes by the name Sounak Mukherjee, has been producing digital news since 2012. He's worked for the International Business Times, The Inquisitr, and Moneycontrol in the past. He's also contributed to Free Press Journal and TheRichest with feature articles. He covers news for a wide range of subjects including business, finance, economy, politics and sports. Before working with digital news publications, he worked as a freelance content writer.