If you are planning pandal hopping in Kolkata during Durga Puja, you need to have a strong game plan. With millions of people taking the streets to explore the amazing pandals and relying on Kolkata Metro for transit, the Kolkata Metro has announced something special. To handle the Durga Puja rush, the metro services will operate special overnight and extended services from October 15 to October 21, 2026. This announcement came to help millions of people to visit pandals easily. Here’s everything more you must know about it.
Kolkata Metro Durga Puja Schedule
Kolkata Metro has unveiled massive transit plans that feature continuous 24×7 metro services on core routes. It has rolled out special service plans across the Green, Purple, Blue, Yellow, and Orange Lines. The highlight of this year’s festive metro services is the uninterrupted night-long service on prime festival days like Maha Saptami, Maha Astami, and Maha Navami, which is from October 17 to October 20.
This will help people to travel across the east-west corridor or along the north-south axis for pandal hopping past midnight. On these peak festival nights, the Green Line and Blue Line will be operating services till 4:00 AM.
Whether you are exploring the north pandals like Ahiritola, College Square and Kumartuli or south pandals like Mudiali, Kalighat and Gariahat, the Blue Line is perfect to offer good connectivity throughout the night. Similarly, people travelling on the Green Line, between Salt Lake, Sealdah and Howrah Maidan, can also travel non-stop.
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Blue Line (North – South Corridor)
On October 15 and October 16 (Maha Panchami and Maha Sasthi), the services will begin early at 6:00 AM. The trains will run at a six-minute frequency during peak hours. There will be 284 trips operating on these days until 11 PM.
For October 17, October 18, October 19, and October 20 (Maha Saptami, Maha Astami, Maha Navami), the festival schedule runs from 1:00 PM in the noon till 4:00 AM (next day. There will be multiple early-afternoon services that will make pandal hopping easy from any major hub. This includes Gitanjali, Dum Dum, Noapara, Uttam Kumar, Shyambazar, and Naapara.
On October 21 (Vijaydashami), the service will be shifted to 140 trains starting from 1:00 PM to 10:30 PM. This will be running with an eight-minute peak frequency.
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Yellow Line (Naapara To Jai Hind Bimanbandar)
On October 15 and October 16 (Maha Panchami and Maha Sasthi), about 120 services will be operating. These will be from 7:18 AM to 9:20 PM, with a 12-minute peak frequency. For airport travellers, five direct services operate from Jai Hind Bimanbandar to Shahid Khudiram.
For October 17, October 18, October 19, and October 20 (Maha Saptami to Maha Navami), there will be 72 daily services. These services will run between 3:00 PM and 10:53 PM.
On October 21 (Vijaydashami), there will be 62 services. These services will be operating between 3:00 PM and 9:38 PM.
Green Line (Howrah Maidan to Salt Lake Sector V)
On October 15 and October 16 (Maha Panchami and Maha Sashti), there will be 240 services operating. These services will be operating between 6:00 AM and 11:00 PM at 6-minute intervals.
For October 17, October 18, October 19, and October 20 (Maha Saptami to Maha Navami), there will be about 192 services operating. The services will be operating from 1:30 PM to around 3:59 AM, which will help midnight commuters to travel easily. The frequency will be eight minutes during peak hours.
On October 21 (Vijaydashami), there will be 74 services. These services will be operating between 1:30 PM and 10:30 PM at 15-minute intervals.
Orange Line (Kavi Subhash To Belghata)
On October 15 and October 16 (Maha Panchami and Maha Sashti), there will be 62 services operating. These services will be operating between 7:40 AM and 8:45 PM with a 25-minute frequency.
For October 17, October 18, October 19, October 20, and October 21 (Maha Saptami to Vijay Dashami), there will be no metro services during this period on this line.
Purple Line (Joka to Majerhat)
On October 15 and October 16 (Maha Panchami and Maha Sashti), there will be 84 services operating. These services will be operating between 6:40 AM and 9:26 PM at 21-minute intervals.
For October 17, October 18, October 19, October 20, and October 21 (Maha Saptami to Vijay Dashami), there will be 38 daily services. These services will be operating between 3:00 PM and 10:55 PM at 25-minute intervals.
Pro Tip: To avoid long queues at the counter, make sure you book digital QR-based mobile tickets on the Aamar Kolkata Metro app or use Smart Cards.
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Note: This article was compiled after verifying current publicly available business information (Indian Express).
Summing Up
The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation has announced its massive transit plan to help visitors to visit all the pandals in Kolkata in the most convenient manner. Make sure you save this article and share it with your friends so that you can make the most of their services.
