Kolkata Metro trains: 72 fewer services on 9 November

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Why it matters

A normal first and last train does not guarantee a normal interval during the day. Passengers using the airport link or changing corridors need to account for the reduced programme on their route.

Kolkata Metro trains on the Blue, Green and Yellow lines will run to a reduced programme on Monday, 9 November 2026. The three corridors are scheduled to operate 556 services between them, compared with 628 on a usual Monday, based on figures reported by The Times of India.

The first and last departures will keep their usual timings, a Metro official told the newspaper. The change is to how many services run during the day, with longer gaps between trains. Purple and Orange line services will remain normal, the report said.

How many Kolkata Metro trains are planned on each line?

The Blue Line, connecting Dakshineswar and Sahid Khudiram, is scheduled to run 252 services instead of the usual 272. On the Green Line between Howrah Maidan and Salt Lake Sector V, the programme falls from 236 to 212. The Yellow Line between Noapara and the airport will have 92 services instead of 120.

Banglahunt’s Bengali report of the notice gives the same reduced totals as pairs of services: 126 pairs on the Blue Line, 106 on the Green Line and 46 on the Yellow Line. Those pairs include both directions. They should not be read as additional services on top of the totals below.

Line	Usual Monday	9 November plan	Fewer services
Blue	272	252	20
Green	236	212	24
Yellow	120	92	28
These three lines combined	628	556	72

The combined figure refers only to these three corridors. It is not a count for the entire Kolkata network, because the normal services on the Purple and Orange lines are outside this table. It is also a planned operating programme, not a record of trains already completed.

Yellow has the largest reduction relative to its usual programme

NewsPlainly’s calculation gives the Blue Line a reduction of about 7.4%, using 20 divided by its usual 272 services. The Green Line’s 24-service reduction is about 10.2% of 236. On the Yellow Line, 28 fewer services amount to about 23.3% of its usual 120.

Across the three lines, the decrease is about 11.5%: 72 divided by 628, multiplied by 100. This comparison shows why the size of the change differs by route, even though all three are running reduced programmes on the same day.

These percentages describe the number of services. They cannot be converted directly into a percentage increase in waiting time. The reports do not provide a departure-by-departure timetable showing where the reductions fall, so an exact new interval in minutes would be unsupported.

What changes for airport and office journeys?

Passengers on the Yellow Line’s airport link and those using the Blue and Green lines need to distinguish the daily operating span from frequency. The stated first and last departures remain unchanged, while a passenger arriving between them may encounter a longer gap than on a usual Monday.

The Times of India attributed the reduced programme to several offices and establishments remaining closed the day after Diwali. That explanation does not mean every workplace is closed or that the trains which do run are reserved for a particular group. The change concerns the service programme on the named corridors.

For a journey involving more than one line, each relevant corridor’s programme matters. The reports reviewed do not give a new guaranteed connection or a revised end-to-end journey time. Passengers can check displayed departure information at their station rather than treating the usual weekday interval as assured.

Monday’s plan is separate from Sunday’s Kali Puja services

Our earlier Kali Puja Metro coverage concerned the festival programme for 8 November. Its special Sunday service arrangements should not be carried over to Monday’s reduced programme.

This article relies on the newspaper’s Metro official account and the Bengali reports; the underlying Metro notice could not be opened. Those reports say first and last timings are unchanged but do not list the exact clocks in the Monday notice. No new last-train time is being inferred here.

Frequently asked questions

Are the first and last Kolkata Metro trains changing on 9 November?

The reports say their usual timings remain unchanged on the Blue, Green and Yellow lines.

How many services are being reduced?

Blue has 20 fewer, Green 24 and Yellow 28, for a combined reduction of 72 against a usual Monday.