All set to experience India's first under-water Metro, train to run between Salt Lake & Yuva Bharati Krirangan!!
East-West Corridor, Kolkata Metro's second line, which will connect Howrah to Sealdah, is functional from February 13. Part of the phase will run below 460-metre-wide Hooghly river.
Kolkata: East-West Metro Railway, touted to be India's first under-water train line, will run between Kolkata's tech hub of Salt Lake Sector V and the Yuva Bharati Krirangan — a portion of the 16.60 km corridor — on February 13. The train will cover a five-km truncated route, Union Minister Babul Supriyo said. The much-awaited project is expected to significantly reduce travel time and cost.
"The Metro has started its services from February 13," Presently, the city is connected by one metro line running between Dum Dum in the northern suburb to Garia in its southern outskirts.
While 5.8 km of the 16.60 km is the elevated corridor, 10.8 km will run underground. 520-metre twin tunnels are a part of the stretch that runs below the 460-metre Hooghly river.
What makes East-West corridor India's equivalent of Eurostar, which connects London and Paris
The technological marvel will involve a number of 'firsts' as claimed on the official website of Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC). The train will be travelling more than a 10-storied building below the water surface for almost half a kilometre across the Hooghly.
The project which is likened to Eurostar, which connects Paris and London, was executed by almost 2-story-high boring machines which bore up to 15 metres a day, excavating up to 500 cubic metres of sand every day, even as life continued as normal on the surface.
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Source: Internet
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