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In pictures: Celebrity spotting on Metro Railway through the years

From musicians Amjad Ali Khan and Ali Akbar Khan to former Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee, the mass rapid transport service has played a significant role in the last 40 years

Amit Datta Kolkata Published 25.10.24, 07:28 PM
Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan climbs down the escalator to the platform level of the Esplanade Metro station in 1988 to take a joyride on the train. Kolkata Metro turned 40 on Thursday, October 24, 2024. On the eventful day in 1984, when the first train rolled out of Esplanade station, it had travelled a mere 3.4km to Bhowanipore
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Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan climbs down the escalator to the platform level of the Esplanade Metro station in 1988 to take a joyride on the train. Kolkata Metro turned 40 on Thursday, October 24, 2024. On the eventful day in 1984, when the first train rolled out of Esplanade station, it had travelled a mere 3.4km to Bhowanipore

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Classical sarod player Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (extreme right) travels on the Calcutta Metro, as it was then known, in 1988. Earlier, on December 29 in 1972, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had laid the foundation for the project. That was 23 years after a French team conducted a study on the feasibility of an underground transport system in Calcutta
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Classical sarod player Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (extreme right) travels on the Calcutta Metro, as it was then known, in 1988. Earlier, on December 29 in 1972, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had laid the foundation for the project. That was 23 years after a French team conducted a study on the feasibility of an underground transport system in Calcutta

Sarod virtuoso Ali Akbar Khan (second from right) seated in the Calcutta Metro in 1987. The approximate daily ridership around that time was around 43,244 against an approximated 6-lakh-plus in the present day
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Sarod virtuoso Ali Akbar Khan (second from right) seated in the Calcutta Metro in 1987. The approximate daily ridership around that time was around 43,244 against an approximated 6-lakh-plus in the present day

Former Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee visits Metro work at Dum Dum in 2000. Around that time, she had announced that the allocation to the Calcutta Metro Railway Project from Tollygunge to Garia would be increased to ensure early completion
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Former Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee visits Metro work at Dum Dum in 2000. Around that time, she had announced that the allocation to the Calcutta Metro Railway Project from Tollygunge to Garia would be increased to ensure early completion

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