{"id":10231,"date":"2020-08-31T17:35:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T12:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.22.110.190\/english\/?p=10231"},"modified":"2021-01-05T03:07:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:37:26","slug":"covid-19-kolkata-metro-likely-to-start-services-from-sept-8-only-smart-cards-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/covid-19-kolkata-metro-likely-to-start-services-from-sept-8-only-smart-cards-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID 19: Kolkata Metro likely to start services from Sept 8, only smart cards for now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Kolkata Metro Railway is likely to start services from September 8. Though the date has not been officially confirmed yet by Metro Railway authorities, it is learnt that services are expected to start from that day.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Union Home Ministry, in its order of August 29, has stated that for Unlock 4, Metro rail will start from September 7 &#8220;in a graded manner, to be allowed by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs\/Ministry of Railways, in consultation with MHA&#8221;. Since there is complete lockdown in West Bengal on September 7, officials indicated that in Kolkata, Metro Railway is likely to start operations from the following day.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">As in Delhi Metro, the Kolkata Metro Railway is also expected to start services with several restrictions which will soon be officially publicised. Tokens won&#8217;t be in use for sometime and only smart cards will be allowed. Recharge of smart cards can be done through mobile phone apps. All details would be available soon in the public domain, officials said. Services will also be restricted along with social distancing norms. Security personnel will keep a constant eye on strict implementation of these new restrictions, said officials.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No issuing tokens for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":10232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[378,246,346,394,371],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-10231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-bengal","tag-containment-zones","tag-coronavirus-in-india","tag-coronavirus-in-kolkata","tag-kolkata-metro-railway","tag-lockdown-in-india"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COVID 19: Kolkata Metro likely to start services from Sept 8, only smart cards for now - The Bengal Story<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/covid-19-kolkata-metro-likely-to-start-services-from-sept-8-only-smart-cards-for-now\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID 19: Kolkata Metro likely to start services from Sept 8, only smart cards for now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"No issuing tokens for now.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/covid-19-kolkata-metro-likely-to-start-services-from-sept-8-only-smart-cards-for-now\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Bengal Story\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-31T12:05:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-01-04T21:37:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/34.22.110.190\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/kolkata.metro_-e1598875076814.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1168\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"604\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Bureau\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Bureau\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebengalstory.com\\\/english\\\/covid-19-kolkata-metro-likely-to-start-services-from-sept-8-only-smart-cards-for-now\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebengalstory.com\\\/english\\\/covid-19-kolkata-metro-likely-to-start-services-from-sept-8-only-smart-cards-for-now\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Bureau\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebengalstory.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dcbaa7f3eb86b5f47f2094adb8573b16\"},\"headline\":\"COVID 19: Kolkata Metro likely to start services from Sept 8, only smart cards for now\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-31T12:05:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-04T21:37:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebengalstory.com\\\/english\\\/covid-19-kolkata-metro-likely-to-start-services-from-sept-8-only-smart-cards-for-now\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":204,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebengalstory.com\\\/english\\\/covid-19-kolkata-metro-likely-to-start-services-from-sept-8-only-smart-cards-for-now\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebengalstory.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/kolkata.metro_-e1598875076814.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"containment zones\",\"Coronavirus in India\",\"Coronavirus in Kolkata\",\"Kolkata Metro Railway\",\"Lockdown in India\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Bengal\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebengalstory.com\\\/english\\\/covid-19-kolkata-metro-likely-to-start-services-from-sept-8-only-smart-cards-for-now\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebengalstory.com\\\/english\\\/covid-19-kolkata-metro-likely-to-start-services-from-sept-8-only-smart-cards-for-now\\\/\",\"name\":\"COVID 19: Kolkata Metro likely to start services from Sept 8, only smart cards for now - 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