Metro Railway, Kolkata
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 India's first, Kolkata's pride | |
| Company type | Public transport |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Metropolitan Transport Project (MTP) |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters | Metro Railway, Kolkata, Metro Rail Bhavan, 33/1 J.L. Nehru Road, Kolkata - 700071, India |
Area served | Kolkata |
Key people | S.S.Mishra (General Manager) |
| Services | Metro transportation service |
₹150 crore (US$18 million)  (2018) | |
| ₹164.86 crore (US$19 million) (2018) | |
| Owner | Govt. of India |
| Parent | Indian Railways |
| Website | Metro Railway, Kolkata |
| Footnotes / references Metro Railway, Kolkata | |
Metro Railway, Kolkata, is the owner and operator of Kolkata Metro, the oldest metro system of India. On 29 December 2010, it became the 17th zone of the Indian Railways, operated by the Ministry of Railways.
In 1969, the Metropolitan Transport Project was formed under Indian Railways. In 1971, MTP proposed to build 5 rapid transit lines for Kolkata.[1][2] With help of Soviet specialists (Lenmetroproekt) and East German engineers, prepared a master plan to provide metro lines for the city of Kolkata, totaling a route length of 97.5 km in 1971.[2]
Lines
Currently it owns and operates Blue Line, Yellow Line, Purple Line, Orange Line and operates Green Line. It will operate Pink line after it's completion. From July 2019, KMRC handed over the operations of Green Line to Metro Railway, Kolkata.[3]
Construction
Under Metro Railway, Kolkata
It is currently constructing the Yellow Line. It is a 16.876 km long line from Noapara to Barasat.
Total sanctioned projects
- No. of projects: 6
- Total length: 98.3 kilometres (61.1 mi)
- Sanctioned cost: ₹23,481.79 crore (US$2.8 billion)
- Expenditure: ₹91,330.02 crore (US$11 billion) (up to March 2019)
- Budget outlay (2019-20): ₹1,676 crore (US$200 million)
Departments
- Accounts
- Electrical
- Vigilance
- Traffic
- Engineering
- Signalling
- Personnel
- Medical
- Stores
Magazine
Metro Chetna, a e-magazine published in Hindi, every 3 months by Metro Railway, Kolkata.[4] It was first published in 2017, and discontinued in 2018.
