The ticket costs for the underwater metro begin at simply Rs 5 for the primary two km.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is about to inaugurate the nation’s first-ever underwater metro, the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade Metro part in Kolkata at this time. The inauguration occasion is predicted to be grand, attended by a number of dignitaries and officers. The metro service will open to the general public after the inauguration.
5 Facts about Kolkata’s New Underwater Metro:
- Kolkata’s new underwater metro is 16.6 km lengthy. About 10.eight km runs underground from Howrah Maidan to Phoolbagan, together with the tunnel beneath the Hooghly River, making it the deepest within the nation. The relaxation is above floor.
- Stretching over 4.eight km, one part connects Howrah and Salt Lake, offering an important hyperlink between these twin cities.
- The underwater metro has six stations, with three of them underground.
- The metro covers a 520 m river stretch in simply 45 seconds, promising a fast and environment friendly mode of transportation.
- The practice makes use of Automatic Train Operation (ATO), a cutting-edge system the place the practice advances to the following station when the motorman presses a button.
The ticket costs for the underwater metro begin at simply Rs 5 for the primary two km. Then, it goes up in straightforward tiers of Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 15, Rs 20, Rs 25, and so forth – reaching a most of Rs 50.
While the half between Esplanade and Sealdah remains to be beneath development, the operational stretch from Salt Lake Sector V to Sealdah is up and working. Kolkata Metro plans to start out the complete East-West route between Salt Lake Sector V and Howrah Maidan in June or July.
In April 2023, the Kolkata Metro made historical past by working a practice efficiently by the tunnel beneath the Hooghly River.
Prime Minister Modi may even inaugurate the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay and Taratala-Majerhat metro sections in Kolkata after this.