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26th March 2016, 02:16 PM
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A paragraph on metro railway
Hello sir I want to get the some details of Kolkata Metro Railway so can you provide me some paragraph on this railway.
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26th March 2016, 02:16 PM
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Re: A paragraph on metro railway
The Kolkata Metro or Calcutta Metro is a metro system serving the city of Kolkata and the districts of South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas in the Indian state of West Bengal. About Kolkata Metro Railway Kolkata Metro is the first underground Metro railway in India. It extends from Noapara near Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Air Port, Kolkata to Kavi Subhash station near Patuli, the busy North-South axis of Kolkata over a length of 27.223 kms. The Metro railway, Kolkata was constructed progressively from 1972 to 2013. Phase-I a length of 16.450 kms from DumDum to Tollygunge (Mahanayak Uttam Kumar) having been completed in 1995 In Phase-II a length of 5.834 kms from Mahanayak Uttam Kumar to Kavi Nazrul station is completed in August-2009. Kolkata Metro Master Plan In 2010, the Railway Ministry announced plans for the construction of five new metro lines and an extension of the existing North-South corridor. These new projects are: Salt Lake City - Howrah Maidan Joka - BBD Bagh Noapara - Barasat via Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Baranagar – Barrackpore Noapara – Dakshineswar New Garia – Airport Extension of Line 1 from Dum Dum to Dakshineshwar via Noapara |