The possibility of resumption of suburban railway services has prompted Metro Railway to consider increasing the number of daily trains.
The carrier runs 152 trains from Monday to Saturday. The daily passenger count is inching towards the 100,000 mark. But once local trains resume, the terminal stations like Dum Dum and New Garia will bear the load of many more passengers.
In February, Dum Dum had recorded a passenger volume of close to 20 lakh, an official said.
Before the pandemic struck, a substantial chunk of Metro passengers came from the suburbs, who arrived at Dum Dum by local trains.
Suicide bid
Metro services were disrupted for close to an hour on Tuesday afternoon after a man jumped in front of a Dum Dum-bound train at Esplanade at 12.12pm.
The man survived.
Trains ran between Noapara and Central in the north and Maidan and New Garia in the south till normality resumed at 12.59pm, an official said.