Overview
- Tourist Smart Cards offer unlimited rides priced at Rs 250 for 3 days and Rs 550 for 5 days, with sales at all metro station booking counters.
- Commuters get a 5% fare rebate when using Smart Cards or mobile QR tickets purchased through the Aamar/My Kolkata Metro app.
- Digital uptake is rising, with 24,170 smart cards sold in the last 11 days and more than 4.56 lakh mobile QR bookings this month.
- Metro officials expect daily Puja ridership to increase from about 9 lakh last year to an estimated 1.1–1.2 million this year due to network expansion.
- Preparations for the festival rush are underway, but the detailed service schedule for Puja days has not yet been released.