India’s first underwater metro in Kolkata thrown open for commuters
India’s first underwater metro in Kolkata thrown open for commuters
Notedly, India’s first underwater metro kicked-off in Kolkata on March 15 with hundreds of passengers erupting into jubilation on their first ride.
According to a statement issued by the Metro Railway earlier, a train began its journey from the Howrah Maidan station on the East-West metro corridor of Kolkata at 7 am. In the Howrah Maidan to Esplanade section.
Reportedly, a total of 130 services will be available daily from Monday to Saturday.
The trains will run at 12-15 minute intervals in both directions,
As the train entered the under-river stretch, passengers on board erupted in joy while a section of commuters started raising slogans – “this is Modi’s guarantee” and some enthusiastically rushed to the window to get a glimpse of the illumination of the tunnel wall under the Hooghly river.
A special illumination of the inner wall of the tunnels under the river with blue light has been arranged to give the effects of water around the moving rake.
The under-river section of the tunnel is 520 metres long, and a train took around 45 seconds to cross it. According to the statement issued by the Metro Railway, the 4.8-km stretch of East-West Metro from Howrah Maidan to Esplanade has been built at a cost of Rs 4,965 crore.
News Edit K.V.Raman
