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The Line-2 complex, built below the Line-1 complex (requiring modification to Line-1 station) was completed and inaugurated on 6 March 2024. [ 5 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 7 ] The Line-2 complex is designed with world class amenities and murals that depict the culture , tradition , sports , monuments , important structures, etc. in them.
In 1984, the first underground metro railway (Kolkata Metro Blue Line) in India, started from Tollygunge to Esplanade and in a similar way East—West metro (Kolkata Metro Green Line 2) was opened on a truncated section from Esplanade to Howrah Maidan. [8] Today, Esplanade is the busiest bus terminus and largest metro interchange of West Bengal.
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]
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).
Kolkata Metro is the 2nd busiest metro system in India. 2,465 travel by every Metro train in Kolkata against 1,110 in Delhi metro. Kolkata Metro carries around 700,000 people daily. [137] The daily and annual ridership has consistently risen since 1984. Low fares and fast and convenient travel have contributed to the high ridership figures.
Line 1 (Blue Line) is a rapid transit metro line of the Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It consists of 26 operational stations from Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash , out of which 9 of the stations are elevated, 2 are at-grade and the remaining 15 are underground.
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] This line will span 16.67 kilometres (10.36 mi) from Joka in the south to Esplanade in ...
Green Line, also known as East–West Metro, 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.