29L took Howrah metro in 3.5 months

Kolkata: Ever since East-West Metro’s Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section was commissioned on March 15, around 29 lakh passengers have used the new Metro line to travel to various stations of the existing North-South corridor till June 30, Metro Railway said in a statement on Friday.
“The figure signifies that the interchanging point at Esplanade has enabled commuters from the suburban areas to travel to any part of Kolkata comfortably,” a Metro spokesperson said.“Imagine the respite all these passengers got in the oppressive heat,” he added. East-West Metro’s Howrah station is embedded in Howrah railway station through which Eastern and South-Eastern suburban and long-distance trains operate.
Of the 29 lakh passengers, around 13 lakh had terminated their journey at Esplanade. Around 17 lakh travelled from Howrah Metro station and 11 lakh from the terminal Howrah Maidan Metro station to different stations on the Blue line, the carrier said on Friday.
“Around 2 lakh passengers travelled to Dum Dum and 1.5 lakh travelled to Kalighat from different stations of the Green line during the same period,” the statement said, adding: “About a lakh passengers travelled till the North-South corridor’s terminal Kavi Subhas station at New Garia from Howrah Maidan, Howrah and Mahakaran stations of the East-West Metro. Around 55,000 passengers travelled to Dakshineswar, some 78,000 went to Park Street and 1.3 lakh to Rabindra Sadan from Green line,” Metro said.