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A new chapter was added in the history of Kolkata Metro when on Wednesday, after a long wait, for the first time in the country, the metro rake passed under the Hooghly river. This metro journey was successful. P. Uday Kumar, General Manager, Metro Railway, traveling from Mahakaran to Howrah Maidan station in rake no. Key in MR-612 and be a witness to this historic moment. The metro rake crossed the Hooghly river at 11.55 am. Additional General Manager of Metro Railway and MD of KMRCL HN Jaiswal and other senior officers of Metro Railway and KMRCL accompanied him on this visit.
Pooja after reaching the rake at Howrah station
Reddy also performed puja after reaching the rake at Howrah station. Later rake no. MR-613 was shifted to Howrah Maidan station. Describing it as a historic event, the General Manager said that for the next seven months a trial run would be run from Howrah Maidan to Esplanade station and after that regular service would start on this route. All the staff, engineers of KMRCL expressed happiness over this achievement. Metro Railway CPRO Kaushik Mitra said that this is a historic moment for Metro Railway.
Rake moved from the bottom of the Hooghly river
Before this journey many hurdles were crossed and the rake was taken from the bottom of the Hooghly river. This is a revolutionary step in the direction of providing modern transport system to the people of Kolkata and its suburbs. This is the Bangla New Year gift of Indian Railways to the people of Bengal. After moving two rakes of Metro from Esplanade station to Howrah Maidan stations, the 4.8 kilometer long underground section from Howrah to Esplanade will be operational soon.
Metro will cover a distance of 520 meters in 45 seconds.
It is expected that commercial service will start on this route this year itself. Once this path opens, Howrah will become the deepest metro station in the country. It will be 33 meters below the surface. The metro will cover the distance of 520 meters across the Hooghly river in 45 seconds. This tunnel is 32 meters below the river bed.
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