Metro running under the river for the first time in the country
India’s First Underwater Metro: Kolkata Metro created history on Wednesday with the successful trial of the Metro under the Hooghly River. This is the first time in India that the metro ran in an underwater tunnel and its first underwater metro in India. During the trial, the metro ran in a tunnel built 32 meters under the river.
The length of the underground track of this metro service is 4.8 km. It will take 45 seconds to cross the tunnel under the river.
Once this track opens, Howrah metro station will become the deepest metro station in the country (32 meters below the surface).
At present, Hauz Khas station is the deepest station in the Delhi Metro, located at a depth of 29 meters.
Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation has made it with the help of German machines and experts.
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When did the first metro run in the country
The first metro in India also ran in Kolkata. It started on 24 October 1984. At that time it was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Pay attention to some key points:
- 1.4-meter metro tunnel
- Howrah to Kolkata distance will be completed in 45 seconds
- The diameter of the tunnel inserted underwater is 5.8 meters.
- 20 crore per kilometer was spent in making the tunnel.
- A 4.8-kilometer distance will be covered during this trial run
This is how the train service lying underwater
The construction of an underwater rail line started with the London Subway. For the first time in the world, a 396-meter-long rail tunnel was built under the Thames River in 1843.
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