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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 24 October, 1984.
The Metro authorities deemed the Esplanade-Sealdah section (particularly the incomplete, caved-in west-bound tunnel), to be challenging and impossible to finish by 2023. [8] So, they planned to run trains (brought via completed east-bound tunnel) over a truncated Esplanade-Howrah Maidan section that is almost complete.
[66] [67] The extension added 1.66 km (1.03 mi) to the existing line. [68] On July 11, 2022, this line was extended till Sealdah. On 6 March 2024, the Esplanade - Howrah Maidan section was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leaving only 2.9 km between the two functional stations to be joined. [69] [70] [71]
2024-March-6: The Esplanade-Howrah Maidan section of the Line 2 inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, (along with the truncated sections of Taratala-Majerhat under Line 3 and Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay under Line 6.) [85] [20] This leaves the Esplanade-Sealdah gap which is expected to be connected in October 2024 which will join ...
Esplanade is an underground interchange metro station on the north–south corridor of the Blue Line and on the east–west corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This station, which is the biggest in the city, is located in the Esplanade neighbourhood of Kolkata , at the northern end of ...
2.15 kilometers (1.34 mi) 29 April 1986: Bhowanipur (now Netaji Bhavan) Tollygunge (now Mahanayak Uttam Kumar) 4.24 kilometers (2.63 mi) 13 August 1994: Belgachhia: Shyambazar: 1.63 kilometers (1.01 mi) 2 October 1994: Esplanade: Chandni Chowk: 0.71 kilometers (0.44 mi) 19 February 1995: Shyambazar: Girish Park: 1.92 kilometers (1.19 mi) 19 ...
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]
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.