‘Metro Ride Kolkata’ app to be available in Bengali & Hindi soon

For the convenience of commuters, Kolkata Metro‘s mobile application ‘Metro Ride Kolkata’ will soon be available in two more languages: Hindi and Bengali. The move aims to make the mobile application more user-friendly and popular among people who are not much proficient in English.

The ‘Metro Ride Kolkata’ mobile app developed by the Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS), was launched on March 05, 2022. The app has gained huge popularity among users. A total of 2,48,470 users have downloaded the app on their smartphones so far.

With the help of the ‘Metro Ride Kolkata’ app, commuters can easily recharge their smart cards. They can also book QR code-based tickets at any time from the comforts of their homes or office. The app is helping Metro commuters to save time as they don’t need to stand in long queues in front of the booking counters to re-charge their Smart Cards or purchase Tokens.

The metro railway officials are making awareness among commuters to use the mobile application. For this, special promotional films on how to download and use are being shown on platform televisions of North-South and East-West Metro stations.