KOLKATA: The Sealdah Metro station inauguration, the authorities expect, will sharply push up commuter traffic on East-West.
At present, the operational 7km Sector V-Phoolbagan section barely registers 2,500 commuters a day. But once the 2.3-km Sealdah extension is opened, the commuter count is expected to go up to at least 5,000 a day. Subsequently, the Sector V-Sealdah section should clock 30,000 to 35,000 commuters, Metro Railway’s deputy general manager (DGM) Protyush Ghosh said on Tuesday. “In post-pandemic times, we expect 30,000 to 35,000 footfalls in the operational part of East-West Metro, once Sealdah is added,” he said.
