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The Kolkata Metro or Calcutta Metro is a metro framework serving the city of Kolkata and the locale of South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas in the Indian condition of West Bengal. It is the principal underground metro railroad framework in India. The system comprises of one operational (Line 1) and one under development (Line 2), with four further lines in different phases of planning. It was the primary type of transport in India, opening for business administrations in 1984. It is the seventeenth zone of the Indian Railways framework.
After Independence in 1947, the vehicle issue of Kolkata drew the consideration of city organizers, the state government furthermore the legislature of India. It was soon understood that something must be done and rapidly keeping in mind the end goal to adapt to these circumstances.
Facilities and Services
Kolkata Metro Rail
The Kolkata Metro gives uncommon seats in each compartment which are reserved for ladies and senior citizens. The Kolkata Metro has likewise acquainted usefulness with bolster portable signs in underground tunnels. Metro stations are outfitted with substantial fans and few Metro rakes are aerated and cooled. The Kolkata Metro has presented a smart card framework.
Tokens
In the wake of utilizing the magnetic ticketing framework for a long time from 1984 to 2011, Kolkata Metro presented radio frequency identification (RFID) tokens from 2011. The old magnetic strip peruser doors were supplanted by new RFID perusers.
Smart Cards
In the wake of presenting RFID tokens, Kolkata metro presented a Smart Card service. These smart cards are multi-programmable and people can decide on the different multi-ride plans. To purchase another card a suburbanite needs to store ₹100, which will be discounted after the card is returned in great condition, before its expiry date. A people can energize the smart for the entireties of ₹100, 200, 300, 500 or 1000 and get 110% worth on each revive and the card is legitimate for a year. Kolkata metro additionally presented smart card energizing machines, in Park Street station, on an exploratory premise, where cash could be credited onto the keen card by embeddings ₹100 notes into the machine and putting the card in its space. Another kind of Smart Card is the multi-ride card. These cards are purchased on the premise of what number of rides a suburbanite takes. The multi-ride shrewd cards are of 3 sorts. These were however pulled back after the passage modification in November 2013. They were as per the following:
Medium Multi-ride – 12 Rides
Limited Multi-ride – 40 and 60 Rides
Extended Multi-ride – 80 Rides
But most importantly popular between commuters is the general smart card.
Security
Every one of the stations are outfitted with shut circuit cameras, metal detectors, and X-ray things scanners, making the metro the most secure type of transport in Kolkata. The taking of photos, eating, drinking and smoking are all disallowed on the metro premises.
