Kolkata Metro Updates

[arijeetb]

Kolkata's metro started commercial operations in 1984 and is currently being expanded in all directions.

Map (view on google maps)


Operational:
Line 1: Dum Dum to New Garia - 25 kms with 23 stations

Under Construction:
Line 2: Howrah Maidan to Salt Lake Sector V - 14.67 kms with 12 stations
Line 3: BBD Bagh to Joka - 16.72 kms with 13 stations
Line 4: Noapara - Barasat - 18 kms
Line 6: New Garia - NSCB Airport - 32 kms with 24 stations

Approved (construction to commence soon):
Line 1: Dum Dum - Dakshineswar (extension)
Line 5: Baranagar - Barrackpore - 14.5 kms

Line 2 Rolling Stock - to be supplied by CAF (16 rakes consisting of 6 coaches each)

[arijeetb]

The Telegraph

The proposed East-West Metro, which will run 13 km from Salt Lake to Howrah station, is set to be a reality by 2012. Around 1000 feet of the stretch, between Mahakaran (BBD Bag) and Howrah stations, will be under the Hooghly.

“Work will start in 2008 and the project will be commissioned early next decade,” said state transport secretary Sumantra Chowdhury.

A transport department official, who did not wish to be named, said the government has set 2012 as the deadline for starting the train service.

The 12 stations on the route will be Howrah, Mahakaran, Central, Bowbazar, Sealdah, Phoolbagan, Salt Lake stadium, Bengal Chemical, City Centre, Central Park, Karunamoyee and Sector V. The route will intersect the existing North-South Metro at Central.

The official said the East-West Metro may later be extended up to Ramrajatala, in Howrah. Of the 13 km, the train will run five km on elevated tracks.

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) will provide Rs 4,677 crore — around half the project cost of Rs 10,000 crore — as soft loan. The rest will be borne by the central and the state governments.

The Centre signed the loan agreement with the Japan bank in March, after chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s request to Union finance finance minister P. Chidambaram to accord “top priority” to the project.

The project will be executed by Calcutta Metro Railway Corporation Limited, of which transport secretary Sumantra Chowdhury is managing director. The secretary in the Union urban development ministry is ex-officio chairman. Of the eight directors, four each will be from the state and central governments.

The company, awaiting formal approval of the Centre, has started functioning from the ground floor of Writers’ Buildings. It will later shift to the building housing the office of the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners.

Rites, an undertaking of the railway ministry, has started a survey work for the project.

Chowdhury had on Thursday held a meeting at Writers’ Buildings to discuss the resettlement of the 600-odd people who would have to vacate their houses or business establishments to make room for Mahakaran and Central stations.

According to the proposal, the affected people will be relocated on transport department land off Poddar Court and on AJC Bose Road.

[arijeetb]

TOLLYGUNGE - GARIA

Extension from Tollygunge to Garia The section will mostly be on an elevated structure and the alignment will run along the Tolly Nullah.

Total length of extension 8.70 Kms.
No. of stations 6 (5 elevated)
Status - Under construction

As on Oct 2006

[arijeetb]

Steel Guru

It is reported that the centre, jointly with West Bengal government, is extending the metro from Tollygunge to New Garia.

The project, sanctioned in 1999-2000 and covering 8.60 kilometer, is making progress. It will have 6 stations of which 5 are elevated and 1 on the surface. The cost has been revised to INR 1,032 crore in October 2007 from INR 907.69 crore at the time of sanctioning. Metro Railway Kolkata has taken up responsibility for land survey and acquisition.

A spokesperson from Metro Railway Kolkata said that the centre, as the implementing agency, was taking 67% stake on the project cost, with the state sharing one third. He added that the fund did not include the cost of seven new rakes costing INR 200 crore, ordered by ICF Chennai for running trains in the extended portion.

The New Garia will be constructed on the surface structure and the other 5 are on an elevated structure over Tolly Nullah. The section will be an elevated structure and alignment will run along Tolly Nullah. The extension will bring South 24 Pargana districts closer to Kolkata's central business area and reduce pressure on Sealdah's south suburban section.

Rites Limited has been awarded the contract. The overall progress of civil engineering works so far is more than 90%. The spokesperson stated that the railways had decided to commence limited services up to Naktala station by September 2008. The whole expansion is tentatively expected to complete by 2009 end

[SarafIndian]

I heard that the whole stretch(Tolly to Garia) has been completed except some places in the middle due to land acquisition problem. Is it true?

[arijeetb]

Originally Posted by SarafIndian

I heard that the whole stretch(Tolly to Garia) has been completed except some places in the middle due to land acquisition problem. Is it true?

Not sure about the whole stretch but elevated stations are under construction at Pranab Nagar and Garia. I think land issue is also towards the end of the stretch where-in the route is now truncated to end at Garia which would make it less than the 8.7 km originally planned by IR.

[Ashis Mitra]

Originally Posted by SarafIndian

I heard that the whole stretch(Tolly to Garia) has been completed except some places in the middle due to land acquisition problem. Is it true?

From Tollyganj to New Garhia (not Garhia), there was no problem of construction of the Tollyganj – Briji section, and this part is almost completed and ready to run, but recently the last 1.5 Km from Briji to New Garhia came halt due to land acquisition problem. There is a municipality office between these two stations, and the municipality authority was not satisfied about the compensation. Hopefully, those misunderstandings were recently came end, and now the construction of the last 1.5 Km up to New Garhia started. The whole strech is expected to open in July 2009.

[IndiansUnite]

Here's how the Kol Metro system should look after line 2 gets built by 2012-3

[Ashis Mitra]

Originally Posted by IndiansUnite

Here's how the Kol Metro system should look after line 2 gets built by 2012-3

There are some old points in this map-
a) Shovabazar station is now renamed to Shobhabazar-Sutanuti.
b) Bhowanipur station is now renamed to Netaji Bhawan.
c) Chanditala station has deleted from the final plan, and it will not be constructed.
d) Bansdroni station is now renamed to Shahid Surya Sen.
e) Pranabnagar station is now renamed to Briji.
f) Bowbazar station has deleted from the final plan, and it will not be constructed.
g) In west, line 2 will be further extended 1 Km. to Howrah Maidan.
h) Line 2 is expected to open in 2014.

[gentem]

Originally Posted by IndiansUnite

Here's how the Kol Metro system should look after line 2 gets built by 2012-3

Kolkata metro reaches New Garia
19 October 2010
Kolkata metro.

INDIA: A 2·8 km extension of Kolkata's north-south metro line from Kavi Nazrul to Kavi Subhash was officially inaugurated by Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee on October 7.

Named after Indian poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay, the terminus at Kavi Subhash serves the New Garia district to the southeast of the city. Opening of the short section completes the southern extension from Tollygunge on which work began in 1999; the remainder was opened in August 2009. The extension brings the total length of the route between Dum Dum and New Garia to 25·1 km.

Work began earlier this year on a 5·2 km elevated extension from Dum Dum to Noapara and Baranagar at the northern end of the line, but no timescale has been set for completion of this Rs2·5bn project. Construction of the 15 km east-west line under the Hooghly river linking Howrah and Sealdah began in February 2009 for completion around 2014.

The foundation stone for a 17 km third route running south from BBO Bagh in the city centre to Joka was laid by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on September 22. Expected to cost around Rs26bn, this elevated line along the Diamond Harbour Road corridor to the southwest is expected to be completed by 2014.

During her visit, Banerjee also sampled the first air-conditioned trainset for the metro. Two sets have now been delivered from Integral Coach Factory in Chennai. Ordered in 2008 at a cost of Rs370m each, the new trains were originally expected to arrive by the end of 2009. The first unit entered revenue service on October 8, and will initially operate a limited shuttle between Tollygunge and New Garia for a month before being deployed on the entire route.
http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/new...new-garia.html

Can anybody add this new line to map? approximate line is ok..

[Arul Murugan]

Nice photos on Kolkatta metro.

From where Kolkatta metro gets coaches?

[sidney_jec]

Originally Posted by Arul Murugan

Nice photos on Kolkatta metro.

From where Kolkatta metro gets coaches?

i think the Integral Coach Factory manufactures the metro coaches

[Ashis Mitra]

Originally Posted by Arul Murugan

Nice photos on Kolkatta metro.

From where Kolkatta metro gets coaches?

Kolkata metro gets coaches from ICF, BHEL & NGEF.

[Hindustani]

Awesome update on kolkata metro.

[qwertyasd]

oh.. so you are on a sarcastic binge!

[qwertyasd]

why will people put holes in the road? they will only grow larger with rain, wont they?

[SarafIndian]

Originally Posted by qwertyasd

why will people put holes in the road? they will only grow larger with rain, wont they?

Actually, that is not hole. This is called mastic asphalt. Those are small-small stone chips embedded to the road with concrete. This makes the road strong, all weather and rainproof.

[qwertyasd]

what is the driving experience on such roads? no bumps?