Metro Rail News December 2016
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<strong>Metro</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> Projects in India – At a Glance<br />
: By <strong>Metro</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />
Indian cities are among the world’s fastest developing cities in terms of every<br />
aspect, population, economy and infrastructure. The transport system of<br />
India is got a new mode called <strong>Metro</strong>, after the independence Kolkata was<br />
first city to get rapid transit system in India. Indian <strong>Metro</strong> system also has<br />
one of the longest metro tunnel in the world.<br />
Kolkata <strong>Metro</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> Project<br />
The Kolkata <strong>Metro</strong> was the first <strong>Metro</strong> <strong>Rail</strong>way in<br />
India, opening for commercial services from 1984.<br />
This fact is proudly taken and the Kolkata <strong>Metro</strong> is<br />
called India's First, Kolkata's Pride. On 29 <strong>December</strong><br />
2010, <strong>Metro</strong> <strong>Rail</strong>way, Kolkata became the 17 th Zone<br />
of the Indian <strong>Rail</strong>ways, operated by the Ministry of<br />
<strong>Rail</strong>ways. There are 300 metro services daily carrying<br />
over 650,000 passengers making it the second busiest<br />
metro system in India.<br />
<strong>Metro</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> <strong>News</strong> | <strong>December</strong> <strong>2016</strong> | www.metrorailnews.in 9
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