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Metro Railway, Kolkata and Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation are the owners and operator of the system. On 29 December 2010, Metro Railway, Kolkata, became the 17th zone of the Indian Railways, completely owned and funded by the Ministry of Railways. It is the only metro system in the country to be controlled by Indian Railways.
Metro Railway, Kolkata, is the owner and operator of Kolkata Metro, the oldest metro system of India. On 29 December 2010, it became the 17th zone of the Indian Railways , operated by the Ministry of Railways .
A Kolkata East-West Metro rake. Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation ( KMRC) is a Government of India enterprise formed in 2008. The agency was formed to oversee the implementing Kolkata Metro Line 2, also known as East West Metro, connecting the twin cities Kolkata and Howrah. The metro rail route is partly underground including the part that will ...
The Kolkata Metro is a Mass Rapid Transit Urban Railway network in Kolkata, India.It was the first underground railway to be built in India, with the first operations commencing in October 1984 and the full stretch that was initially planned becoming operational by February 1995. [1]
Kolkata Metro Line 2, also known as the East-West Metro and Green Line, is a rapid transit line of the Kolkata Metro in the Indian state of West Bengal.It currently consists of two distinctly operational sections between Salt Lake and Sealdah, and Esplanade and Howrah Maidan by going underneath the Hooghly River, with an eastern extension planned for Teghoria.
Thakurpukur. Joka. Joka depot. IIM Calcutta. Diamond Park. Kolkata Metro Line 3 or the Purple Line is a line of the Kolkata Metro. The 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) stretch from Joka to Taratala of the 15.08 kilometres (9.37 mi) line was inaugurated on 30 December 2022 [3] [4] before being extended to Majerhat on 6 March 2024. [5] The route will span ...
East West Metro Tunnel[ 3] is an underwater river tunnel of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal. The river tunnel is constructed underneath Hooghly River. It is the biggest underwater river tunnel of India, which is made for metro rail service. [ 4] The East West Metro Tunnel length is 10.8 km (6.7 mi) and width is 5.5 metres (18 ft 1 in).
The rolling stock of Kolkata Metro, India consists of five classes, three classes for Line 1 and two classes for Line 2 . All trains receive 750 V DC using third rail electrification system. Trains can operate up to eight (line 1) and six (line 2) cars in length. Since Kolkata Metro was constructed in 1970s, there were some technical limitations.