Woman shows free bus pass in Kolkata

A woman in Kolkata displays her newly issued free bus pass alongside her identity card on 1 June 2026, the launch day of West Bengal's state-wide scheme granting all women free travel on state-run buses.

Women gathered outside a Transport Department office in Kolkata on 1 June 2026 to collect their free bus passes, as the West Bengal government's scheme entitling all women to free travel on state-run buses came into effect.

A Transport Department official in Kolkata prepares a free bus pass for a woman on 1 June 2026, as the West Bengal government began issuing passes under its new scheme granting free state-bus travel to all women in the state.

Queues formed outside Transport Department offices in Kolkata on 1 June 2026 as women across West Bengal lined up to collect free bus passes on the first day of the state government's new public transport welfare scheme.

A bus attendant on a state-run bus in Kolkata checks a woman passenger's free bus pass on 1 June 2026, the first day of West Bengal's scheme offering zero-fare travel to all women on government buses.

On the inaugural day of the scheme — 1 June 2026 — bus attendants aboard West Bengal state-run buses began routinely verifying women passengers' free bus passes, marking the scheme's on-ground rollout across Kolkata.

A woman in West Bengal holds up her free bus pass and identity card on 1 June 2026 — documents required under the state government's scheme that entitles all women to free travel on state-operated bus services.

Women across West Bengal began displaying their free bus passes and identity cards on 1 June 2026, the first day of the state government's scheme extending zero-cost travel on all state-run buses to every woman in the state.

A West Bengal Transport Department official processes a free bus pass application in Kolkata on 1 June 2026, as offices across the state handled high footfall on the opening day of the women's free travel scheme.

Transport Department staff in Kolkata were seen issuing free bus passes to women on 1 June 2026, the launch date of the West Bengal government's welfare initiative granting all women free access to state-operated bus services.

From 1 June 2026, all women in West Bengal became eligible to travel free on every state-run bus, with a free bus pass and valid identity card serving as the only requirements under the state government's new transport welfare scheme.