Metro to add ops, extend hours for Green & Purple Lines from Monday
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East-West Metro's Sector V-Sealdah section will add two services to the existing 106 from Monday to Saturday. The first train will depart at 6.35 am instead of 6.55 am while the last trains will continue to depart at 10 pm. The Esplanade-Howrah Maidan section will get four additional services to take the total count to 134. The first trains will leave at 6.30 am instead of 7 am, and the last trains will depart at 9.53 pm as usual.
The Purple Line will have eight more services to take the total number to 80 from 72 at present. The first and last trains will depart at 6.50 am and 9.14 pm respectively, compared to the current 7.57 am and 8.32 pm.
On Sundays, services on the Esplanade-Howrah Maidan section will start at 2 pm as usual.
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