Kolkata: Metro Railway Suspended Token System from Monday, reduced operating hours to 9pm and run six more trains, after limiting induced by Covid the state government that allows it to teach 50% of daily passengers.
The station supervisor in the North North Koridor said that footsteps seemed to be less on Monday compared to the last few days because only smart card holders were permitted.
Officials quoted interference in services starting at 12:30 a.m.
until 5 pm as another reason for fewer passengers on Monday.
An obstacle in the third rail caused termination of service from the BPM Maidan to Dum Dum in the afternoon.
Differable services run between Subha Maidan and Kavi, and Dum Dum Station and Dakshineswar during this time.
Metro interprets the 50% states of the state government as half of the daily feet of the average pre-pandemic period when 6lakh up to 6.2lakh rises on average.
To uphold 50% daily passenger rules, the Metro decided to attract a comfortable token which costs RS 5 for a 2 km trip.
Instead only smart cards, where commuters must cough at least Rs 120 (even for one trip), keep Rs 80 paid for security, return.
Metro or Line 2 east-west, which only enrolled around 2,000 daily passengers, also had a fast response code ticket (QR-Code).
Metro Railway works to extend this facility in the North South Corridor.
For this, the QR code scanner is being installed and the AFC gate hardware at 26 North Metro Stations is being improved.
“We have increased the drive ‘without a mask without metro’ for the past month, since passengers rose to 4lakh.
But it was impossible for RPF to monitor someone when he pulled the mask in the coach when no one saw,” said a Metro official.