Kolkata Metro's Blue line disrupts again, services affected between Dumdum and Dakshineswar

Kolkata’s Blue Line turned into a morning nightmare today as well due to metro trains crawled or stood still between Dakshineswar and Dumdum, leaving thousands of office-goers and daily commuters frustrated. The trains waited endlessly for around 15 to 30 minutes ordeal during peak hours between these stations. Kolkata Metro authorities confirmed the chaos started after patrol teams discovered multiple signaling cables found cut between Baranagar and Noapara late Monday night.

Emergency teams replaced the damaged cables overnight, but the system is still not stable, forcing trains to run on manual signalling. This leads to slower speeds, longer halts at every stations – exactly what passengers experienced from the first service on today morning. Frustration is now at its boiling point among regular Blue Line users. Ever since the three new extensions (Howrah Maidan-Saltlake Sector 5 Green Line, Orange Line, Noapara-Jai Hind Biman Bandar Yellow Line, SealdahJoka-Taratala Purple Line) opened, the Dakshineswar–Shahid Khudiram Blue Line route has been suffering.

Daily delays, sudden long stops, train schedule delays and overcrowded coaches have become the new normal. Many commuters say the situation was smooth during Puja but has gone back to terrible post festivities. As a result, passengers are very upset. Questions are being raised about the Blue Line metro services again.