The Hindu Business Line : Rly station near Kolkata Airport may be linked with Metro

KOLKATA: With the Bimanbandar station near airport here, set up eyeing flight passengers, becoming unviable, the Railway authorities are planning to link it with the Metro Railway.

“Thought we had built Bimanbandar station keeping in mind the rise in passengers' demand coming by flights, we will now have to think about other ways as the travellers don't opt for this facility,'' Chief Personal Relation Manager (Eastern Railway) Dipa k Jha told PTI. Railway authorities have recently spent Rs 1.2 lakh for a survey to study about how this route commencing from Sealdah to Dum Dum Cantonment in North 24 Parganas can be attached with the Metro Railway.

“The Metro Railway is conducting the survey and after their submitting the report, we will decide to implement the project or not,'' Mr Jha said. Pointing out the ground reality, the Joint Secretary of Railway Jatri Samity, Swapan Bharati said: “there ar e only two trains in a day - the first one comes at 7.20 am in the morning and the second one at 9.30 pm. But the first flight reaches the N S C Bose International Airport at 7.20 am, the very time of the train's arrival.'' After that it takes another 2 0 minutes for the check out and naturally an air passenger cannot board the train. People could have availed the train had the authorities been careful in fixing the time schedule,'' Bharati said. - PTI

Prev: Govt director appointed on UCO Bank board

Business Line | NUS Index |

Related Topics
Agricultural Policy
E-Governance
Financial Policy
Foreign Relations
Human Resources
Industrial Policy
People
Politics
Public Policy Note
Random Walk
Security
Trade & Labour Unions
View Point