Kolkata Metro

The Metro Kolkata ( Bengali: কলকাতার মেট্রো, Kalkātār Metro, Metro Kolkatar ) is the metro in the Indian city of Kolkata. It is operated by Indian Railways and was the first underground railway in India. From its opening in 1984 until the opening of the Delhi Metro in 2002 she was also the only one of its kind in the country. Fares are calculated by zone, depending on the number of moving stations.

The network currently consists of a line of 22.3 kilometers with 23 stations. The route from Dum Dum, near the airport, north of the city until after Kavi Nazrul ( Garia Bazar ) in the south of the city.

History

Initial plans for the construction of a metro in Kolkata, there were already 1949. However, it took 35 years until the project was launched. The first pile for the construction of the first underground railway in India was made ​​on 29 December 1972 in the presence of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. However, there was a lack of experience with the construction of a subway, the financing was unsecured, the technical know -how was lacking and at the beginning of the work there was lack of material. Construction withdrew because of over 12 years out, so that only in 1984 the first 3.4 km long piece of subway stations could be taken between the Esplanade and Bhowanipur in operation. In the same year a stand-alone powered subway line between Dum Dum and Belga China was opened with only two stations and 2.1 kilometers in length in the north of Kolkata.

Line 1

In the following years, the subway has been continuously expanded and the two track pieces together the north and south of the city.

On 2 January 2010, the foundation stone was laid for a northern extension of the line. The line will be extended from Dum Dum to Dakshineswar after. The line 1 is held in the Indian broad gauge ( 1676 mm). Will powered the trains via a conductor rail (750 V) and reach a top speed of 55 km / h The relatively slow average speed is 30 km / h Currently, the car park will be extended by faster trains.

Line 2

Under construction is the line 2 These so-called East - West Metro will run from the east of the city until after Howrah. The length of the line is 13.7 km, of which are underground 8 km, 5.7 km run during increased. As the line 1 is operated via a busbar with 750 V voltage, the line 2. In contrast to the line but the line ( 1435 ) is 2 standard gauge planned. The design speed is 80 km / h and therefore quite fast. It is operated line 2 by a separate company, the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation. Planned are a total of 12 stations, of which 6 are increased underground and 6.

  • Underground stations: Howrah Maidan
  • Howrah
  • Mahakaran
  • Central ( with transition to line 1)
  • Sealdah ( with transition to long-distance trains )
  • Phool Bagan
  • Salt Lake Stadium
  • Bengal Chemical
  • City Center
  • Central Park
  • Karunamoyee
  • Salt Lake Sector - V

The first part of the line is scheduled to open in 2015.

Further plans

Original plans saw a total of 5 metro lines, with a total length of nearly 100 km. In the long term there is provided a network of 3 lines.

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