Sixty new generation trains to be introduced for Kolkata Metro in 5 years: Vaishnaw

File photo of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. | Photo credit: ANI

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday (June 6, 2026) announced that 60 next-generation trains will be introduced for the Kolkata Metro in the next five years, hoping that railway projects in West Bengal will get a new impetus under the twin-engine government.

During a meeting with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at the Nabanna State Secretariat, the Railway Minister said that only 28 km of the Kolkata Metro network has been completed in 42 years, while 45 km of metro lines have been added since Narendra Modi took over as Prime Minister in 2014.

“In the next five years, 60 new generation trains will be introduced for the Kolkata Metro. I rode the Kolkata Metro today. We will redesign it,” he said.

The minister also said that the proposed bullet train services between Delhi-Varanasi and Varanasi-Siliguri were aimed at significantly reducing the travel time.

“These high-speed corridors will connect Siliguri to Delhi in six hours,” he said.

Published – June 6, 2026 1:13 PM IST