East West Metro Corridor

India's first underwater tunnel, being built under the Hooghly River as part of the East West Metro Corridor, will be a blink-and-you-miss-it experience for passengers as trains will cross the 520-metre stretch in just 45 seconds.

Commercial services of the East West Metro corridor in Kolkata began with much fanfare today, on the occasion of Valentine's Day, with employees greeting passengers of the first train with roses.

West Bengal Chief Minister on Friday afternoon hit out at the BJP in the state assembly, a day after she was not invited for the East-West Metro corridor launch in Kolkata.

Completion of Kolkata's East-West Metro corridor is likely to be delayed by up to one year due to the accident caused by an aquifer burst in Bowbazar area during drilling operations in August, a senior KMRC or Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation official said.

The underwater tunnel of East-West Metro Corridor Project here, built below the Ganga river bed, is the first of its kind in the country, said Union Minister Babul Supriyo today after going into the tunnel.

Days after the long-delayed East West Metro (EWM) corridor in Kolkata connecting the neighbouring Howrah district got nod from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Union Minister Babul Supriyo today thanked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for doing her part.

India's first underwater tunnel, being built under the Hooghly River as part of the East West Metro Corridor, will be a blink-and-you-miss-it experience for passengers as trains will cross the 520-metre stretch in just 45 seconds.

Commercial services of the East West Metro corridor in Kolkata began with much fanfare today, on the occasion of Valentine's Day, with employees greeting passengers of the first train with roses.

West Bengal Chief Minister on Friday afternoon hit out at the BJP in the state assembly, a day after she was not invited for the East-West Metro corridor launch in Kolkata.

Completion of Kolkata's East-West Metro corridor is likely to be delayed by up to one year due to the accident caused by an aquifer burst in Bowbazar area during drilling operations in August, a senior KMRC or Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation official said.

The underwater tunnel of East-West Metro Corridor Project here, built below the Ganga river bed, is the first of its kind in the country, said Union Minister Babul Supriyo today after going into the tunnel.

Days after the long-delayed East West Metro (EWM) corridor in Kolkata connecting the neighbouring Howrah district got nod from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Union Minister Babul Supriyo today thanked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for doing her part.