Over the last few years, metro ride in Calcutta is no more any fun. This time around I found that it has become very crowded and also quite dirty, but otherwise the quickest form of communication in Calcutta.

Authorities shd pay more attention for upkeep. Nearly 2 lacs commute daily - unthinkable at so many other metros elsewhere

Oldest Metro Railway of India and once a pride of the nation as a Indigenous Engineering Marvel and still to certain extent. With Delhi Metro being operational and expanding in leaps and bounds in last decade and Bangalore-Mumbai metro on a nascent operational stage, it cannot boast of its uniqueness no more , but still Indians can feel pride of... More

i happened to travel in metro,when i visited kolkata.the platforms,trains and the system of announcing the forth coming station is very good,even people are very helpful here.my over all experience is excellent

I was very impressed with the Kolkata subway. It was very clean, efficient and amazingly inexpensive. Fares are only 4 or 6 rupees for the trips I made- equal to less than 10 cents!

Kolkata metro rail, the first underground railway system in India. It is clean, pollution free, fastest movement within city... now a large no. of ac rakes are in operation. But everyday it is facing technical problems, time schedule is not maintained properly. It is now stretched between Kavi Subhash (New Garia) and Dumdum (north 24 Parganas). After 2009, a large... More

Clean, efficient, punctual, the Metro explodes all negative myths about Kolkatans and their untidy ways. Started over 25 years ago, the Metro continues to be an important travel lifeline which is clean and efficiently run. Now being expanded to the airport to be connected to Howrah station, it has become an indispensable part of the quintessential Kolkatan.

Metro rail is an underground railway service in Kolkata which started in early 80s. It is known as 'Paataal Rail' in Bengali, which means Underground Train. It runs from Dum Dum to Tollygunge as underground rail and from Tollygunge to Garia Market as overhead train. Metro rail has been shown in lots of movies in recent times and it still... More

Metro has been a boon for everyone in Kolkata, from student going to the university to office commuters to Park street. On a regular day it is the fastest way to get around if you want to avoid the traffic. It might get a little crowded. But it's much better to ride a crowded metro for 20 mins rather than... More