Is underwater metro started in Kolkata?

KOLKATA: Trains will run every 12 minutes when East-West Metro starts its under-river run this December, KMRC MD V K Srivastava said on Wednesday. KMRC, the implementing agency of the East-West Metro corridor, is chasing a December 2023 deadline for the 4.8km Esplanade-Howrah Maidan run.



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The project will be developed at a cost of more than Rs80bn ($967m), according to Times Now. KMRC general manager civil Shailesh Kumar said: “The ongoing underwater tunnel project is likely to be completed by December 2023.” In 1984, Kolkata Metro became operational.

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The 520-metre tunnel — modelled on Eurostar's London-Paris corridor — runs under the river from the city's Esplanade Station to Howrah Maidan Station, a journey trains will take only 45 seconds to complete. The tunnel at Howrah Maidan is 33 metres below the surface, making it the deepest metro station in India.

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