The East-West metro corridor, also known as the Green Line, is a significant route of Kolkata Metro Network, which includes the India’s first underwater metro line. The Sealdah-Salt Lake Sector 5 metro line is … READ FULL STORY
Kolkata is the first city in India where the metro rail urban mass rapid transit system was introduced, when operations began in 1984. Currently, the Kolkata Metro network includes two operational lines covering a … READ FULL STORY
December 4, 2023: The newly built Mahakaaran Metro Station on the Kolkata Metro network’s Green Line has been unveiled, which is expected to boost connectivity in the city. The Mahakaaran Metro Station is part … READ FULL STORY
New Garia Airport Metro Kolkata is a project under Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (KMRCL). This metro has many other names including Orange Line, Kolkata Metro Line 6, New Town Metro, Airport Metro, and … READ FULL STORY
Kolkata Metro Line 2, also known as the East West Metro route, is considered as one of the most advanced infrastructure projects in the country. Earlier, in February 2020, Railway minister Piyush Goyal had … READ FULL STORY
Commercial operations of Kolkata Metro’s Orange Line that connects Kavi Subhash to Hemanta Mukhopadhyay will begin soon. This stretch is expected to be inaugurated by May-end 2023. Currently, Metro officials are carrying out the … READ FULL STORY
The trial run of two six coach train of Kolkata Metro under the Hooghly river’s underwater tunnel will start on April 9, 2023. This will be India’s first-ever underwater section, and part of the … READ FULL STORY
The standing committee on railways, headed by Trinamool MP from Kolkata north, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, has said that the allocation to the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRCL) has been revised downwards by almost 25 … READ FULL STORY
Stating that most of the ongoing projects have been sanctioned higher funds compared to 2017-18, Kolkata’s Metro Railway general manager Ajay Vijayvargiya, said a total of Rs 830.36 crores were allotted in the FY19 … READ FULL STORY
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) London has recognised the Kolkata East-West Metro project, which has built a twin tunnel under river Hooghly, as the first of its kind in the country, as a … READ FULL STORY
Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation Ltd (KMRCL) counsel Bikash Bhattacharya, on September 5, 2017, informed the Calcutta High Court that it had obtained the approval of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is part-funding the … READ FULL STORY
