Kolkata Metro Line 2
Kolkata Metro Line 2 |
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| Overview | |
| Native name | কলকাতা মেট্রো লাইন ২ (ইস্ট–ওয়েস্ট মেট্রো) कोलकाता मेट्रो लाइन २ (ईस्ट–वेस्ट मेट्रो) |
| Type | Rapid transit |
| System | Kolkata Metro |
| Status | Under Construction |
| Locale | Kolkata |
| Termini |
Howrah Maidan (west) Salt Lake Sector 5 (east) |
| Stations | 12 |
| Daily ridership | 4 lakhs or 0.47 million by 2015 (projected) |
| Website | KMRC |
| Operation | |
| Planned opening | June 2018 |
| Operator(s) | KMRC |
| Character |
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| Depot(s) | Central Park , Saltlake |
| Rolling stock | Bharat Earth Movers Limited BEML |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 16.6 kilometres (10.3 mi) Underground : 10.83 kilometres (6.73 mi) Elevated : 5.77 kilometres (3.59 mi) Proposes: 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) |
| Number of tracks | 2 |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | 750 V DC using third rail |
| Operating speed | 80 km/h (designed) |
Line 2, also known as the East-West Corridor of the Kolkata Metro is a rapid transit system under construction which will connect Salt Lake in Kolkata with Howrah by going underneath the Hooghly River/Ganga in the Indian state of West Bengal. It would consist of 12 stations from Salt Lake Sector V in the east to Howrah Maidan in the west, of which 6 would be elevated and 6 would be underground, with a total distance of 14.67 km.
The master plan had already identified the corridor way back in 1971. But the experience of India’s first metro and the success of the Delhi metro network contributed to the sanction of the East – West Metro corridor which will connect Howrah Railway Station with the Satellite City of Salt Lake underneath the Hooghly River. In January 2004, Pacific Consultant International Group conducted a feasibility study for the line. The report proposed the route and tubular structures under the Hooghly River.
A new organisation was formed known as Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRC) which will be executing the operations of this Line thus starting the physical construction in 2009. Of KMRC's eight directors, four each are from the state and central governments. The cost is being shared between the state government (30 per cent), the Union Urban Development Ministry (25 per cent), and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) (45 per cent). But as of 2011 most of the share of this project went to Indian Railways with Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). The project is estimated at a cost of ₹50 billion (US$780 million).
But due to some major set backs the project got delayed. These were mainly due to Land Acquisition, slum relocation and route alignment problems. The East-West Metro was originally slated to be operational by 2012, but is later pushed back to 2015. The first phase, a stretch of 9 km, is currently expected to be operational in June 2018 and the second phase, 6 km in length, will be operational by June 2019.
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