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Kolkata Metro, a Rare card
The Kolkata Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Kolkata and the Kolkata Metropolitan Region in West Bengal, India.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 91
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 184
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 200,000
Power 184 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Kolkata Metro quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kolkata Metro card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Opened in 1984, it is the first rapid ______ system in South Asia.
Answer
transit. Opened in 1984, it is the first rapid transit system in South Asia. From the Kolkata Metro article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2025 Polish presidential election. 2025 Polish presidential election 100 · OLED 94 · Kolkata Metro 91 · Andrew McCutchen 86 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Opened in 1984, it is the first rapid transit system in South Asia.
- It has 5 colour-coded lines with 58 operational stations with a total length of 73.42 km, making it India's fourth largest and fourth busiest metro rail system.
- The system has a mix of underground, at-grade, and elevated stations using both broad-gauge and standard-gauge tracks.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kolkata Metro article was read about 200,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 91 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Kolkata Metro
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Kolkata Metro (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : SOUMYADEEP3716, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
