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Power Glitch Briefly Disrupts Kolkata Metro on DakshineswarShahid Khudiram Stretch

Passengers were escorted safely to Netaji Bhavan station with full service restored by 8:46 a.m.

Overview

  • A train lost power between Netaji Bhavan and Rabindra Sadan during the Tuesday morning rush, causing nearly an hour of disruption.
  • Kolkata Metro officials attributed the interruption to a power supply issue affecting the stalled train.
  • Passengers from the halted train were brought out of the tunnel and taken to Netaji Bhavan station without further incident.
  • During the outage, services operated partially between Dakshineswar and Maidan and between Tollygunge and Shahid Khudiram, according to local reports.
  • Normal operations resumed across the line at 8:46 a.m., as reported by outlets citing a Metro railway official and PTI.