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In Photos: PM Flags Off Three New Metro Routes in Kolkata

Updated On: 22 August, 2025 06:03 PM IST | Tarun Verma

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated three new metro routes in Kolkata on Friday, including the city’s first-ever direct metro link to the airport. The expansion, covering the Green, Yellow, and Orange lines, is a milestone in Kolkata’s metro journey that began in 1984. While the new corridors promise seamless connectivity across key hubs. (Pics/PTI)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated three new metro routes in Kolkata on Friday, including the city’s first-ever direct metro link to the airport. The expansion, covering the Green, Yellow, and Orange lines, is a milestone in Kolkata’s metro journey that began in 1984. While the new corridors promise seamless connectivity across key hubs. (Pics/PTI)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated three new metro routes in Kolkata on Friday, including the city’s first-ever direct metro link to the airport. The expansion, covering the Green, Yellow, and Orange lines, is a milestone in Kolkata’s metro journey that began in 1984. While the new corridors promise seamless connectivity across key hubs. (Pics/PTI)
<p>PM Modi waved a green flag to commence operations on the new routes. He was accompanied by West Bengal Governor C. V. Ananda Bose, BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya, and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar.</p>

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PM Modi waved a green flag to commence operations on the new routes. He was accompanied by West Bengal Governor C. V. Ananda Bose, BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya, and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar.

<p>The 13.61 km-long network, spread across the `Green`, `Yellow`, and `Orange` lines, marks a defining moment in the city`s metro journey that began in 1984.</p>

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The 13.61 km-long network, spread across the `Green`, `Yellow`, and `Orange` lines, marks a defining moment in the city`s metro journey that began in 1984.

<p>The Orange Line will ensure seamless connectivity between Kolkata`s east and west, adding capacity to a network that has been steadily growing in recent years.</p>

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The Orange Line will ensure seamless connectivity between Kolkata`s east and west, adding capacity to a network that has been steadily growing in recent years.

<p>The Green Line extension between Sealdah and Esplanade (2.45 km) will provide the first seamless metro link between Howrah and Sealdah.</p>

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The Green Line extension between Sealdah and Esplanade (2.45 km) will provide the first seamless metro link between Howrah and Sealdah.

<p>For air travellers, the Yellow Line stretch from Noapara to Jai Hind Bimanbandar (6.77 km) will, for the first time in 41 years, connect the airport directly with the city`s metro grid.</p>

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For air travellers, the Yellow Line stretch from Noapara to Jai Hind Bimanbandar (6.77 km) will, for the first time in 41 years, connect the airport directly with the city`s metro grid.

<p>Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee skipped the inauguration event, with TMC leaders citing alleged harassment of migrants from the state in BJP-ruled regions as the reason.</p>

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Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee skipped the inauguration event, with TMC leaders citing alleged harassment of migrants from the state in BJP-ruled regions as the reason.

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