KOLKATA: Metro services on a section of Kolkata’s North-South corridor will remain suspended for nine hours on Sunday due to maintenance work, according to an official statement.The disruption will affect services between Shahid Khudiram and Maidan stations, it said.In a press release issued on Friday, Kolkata Metro Railway said a traffic and power block would be imposed between Netaji and Mahanayak Uttam Kumar stations from 9am to 6pm on Sunday to carry out maintenance work.During the block, Metro services will run only between Dakshineswar and Maidan stations. The first train will depart from Dakshineswar at 9 am and from Maidan at 9.15am.Services across the entire Blue Line are expected to resume after 6pm, subject to the completion of maintenance work, the statement said.The last trains from Shahid Khudiram and Dakshineswar will run according to the usual Sunday schedule.Metro services on the Yellow Line, connecting Noapara with Kolkata airport, and the Green Lines, between Howrah Maidan and Salt Lake Sector V, will operate as usual.The Purple and Orange lines will have no services, as Sunday is a non-operational day on these corridors.(With inputs from PTI)
