Launched on Friday, August 9, this air-conditioned radio taxi service is being called the ‘Kolkata Cab.’ The OAIS was born after ORIX Corporation, a Japanese leasing and infrastructure services major, collaborated with Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS), the Indian leasing and infrastructure services major.

A statement issued in this connection quoted Makoto Shioda, director, OAIS, as saying, ‘Large scale investments on roads and related infrastructure has created opportunities for the organized sector to invest in transport infrastructure services and provide the country with efficient and cost-effective services.’ He added that Kolkata Cab service will be gradually introduced in the whole of West Bengal. The main idea is to facilitate safe, clean, cost-effective transport, the statement underscored.

Phone number: +913344222222

It extends from Dum-Dum near Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport, Kolkata to Tollygunj, the busy north south axis of Kolkata over a length of 16.45 Kms.

There are Seventeen Stations en route at about one km apart.

The Metro Railway Kolkata was constructed progressively from 1972 to 1995, Phase-I a length of 3.04 Kms. from Esplanade to Bhowanipur having been completed in 1984. Full length of 16.45 Kms was commissioned in 1995.

Website: http://www.kolmetro.com/