East West Metro Tunnel

East West Metro Tunnel

East West Metro Tunnel are blue this map
Overview
Other name(s)	Ganga River Tunnel
Location	Kolkata, India
Status	Under Construction
Start	Phoolbagan metro station, Kolkata
End	Howrah Maidan metro station , Howrah
Operation
Owner	Kolkata Metro
Operator	Kolkata Metro
Traffic	Kolkata Metro
Technical
Length	11 kilometres (6.8 mi) 0.520 kilometres (0.323 mi) (Underneath Hoogly )

East West Metro Tunnel is an under construction underwater river tunnel of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal. The river tunnel is construct underneath Hooghly river. Tunnel length is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) and width is 5.5 metres (18 ft). A 520m stretch of the tracks will go through a tunnel under the Hooghly. The roof of the tunnel would be about 30 metres from the ground level. The tunnel will be completed in 2018. The tunnel will be first underwater river tunnel in India and South Asia . The tunnel used by East West Metro Line for metro rail service and constructed by Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation.

Howrah Maidan to Howrah station tunnel are completed.Tunnel Boring machine 250 m toward Hooghly river. 2.2 km Phulbagan to sealda tunnel are completed.The tunnel except opened in 2019 .