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This is a route-map template for the Kolkata Metro, a rapid transit system in India.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
This is the list of the stations of Kolkata Metro, a Mass Rapid transit Urban Railway network serving the city of 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 being operational by February, 1995. [1]
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.
Dum Dum Cantonment metro station. An amount of Rs 227 crore contract to build this station along with a mostly at-grade 2.16 km (1.34 mi) section from the Bagjola Canal to the existing ramp of the Airport Circular Railway track was awarded to Senbo Engineering Limited all the way back in June 2011.
The founder of Delhi Metro, E. Sreedharan said Indian Railways are not experts at urban transport, and misplanned the Kolkata metro from the beginning. [15] A private company should run the metro and can bring it up to standard in five years. [15] Since Kolkata Metro is under Indian Railways, it can't take its own independent decisions.
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 .
Line 2 (Green Line) is a rapid transit metro line of the Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It currently consists of two distinctly operational sections from Salt Lake Sector-V to Sealdah, and Esplanade to Howrah Maidan by going underneath the Hooghly River. A future eastern extension from Sector-V to Teghoria is planned.
Line 3 (Purple Line) is a rapid transit metro line of the Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.A 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) stretch from Joka to Taratala of this line was inaugurated on 30 December 2022 [3] [4] and after extended to Majerhat on 6 March 2024. [5]