Metro services on the Dakshineswar-New Garia corridor in Calcutta were disrupted for over 40 minutes on Friday after a man jumped before a train that was approaching the Sovabazar-Sutanuti station on the down line, a spokesperson said.

The 30-year-old man jumped before the approaching train on the down line, leading to the disruption of services on both up and down lines for 42 minutes.

The suicide attempt happened at 12.45 pm, and normal services along both up and down lines resumed at 1.27 pm, he said.

During the disruption, the Metro authorities ran truncated services on two stretches - between Dakshineswar and Dum Dum, and from Central to Kavi Subhas(New Garia) stations.

The man was taken to a hospital but his condition was not immediately known.

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