Lucknow: The first set of Kanpur Metro train wrapped in Savefron departing from Savli’s manufacturing plant, Gujarat on Saturday for ten days traveling through the road to Uttar Pradesh.
The departure ceremony was launched by the Minister of State Yogi Adityanath through video conferencing.
A total of eight trains each with three trainers will be provided for a nine km priority corridor from Metro Kanpur between IIT and Motijheel with a total of nine stations.
The test in the priority corridor is expected to start from mid-October.
Speaking on that occasion, CM said, “Metro trains for urban transportation services are the needs of hours.
I congratulate the manufacturing team, regardless of the Covid pandemic which is valid since 2020 which submits challenges in obtaining material from various parts of the country and throughout the world, trains Delivered for a certain period of time.
Immediately Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Metro Kanpur and hand it to the public.
“Metro Kanpur will have two corridors a total distance of 32.5 km between IIT Kanpur to Naubasta (23.7km) and the University of Agriculture to Barra Sector-8 ( 8.6km) and will have 39 train trains.
All costs of the Kanpur Metro project are estimated at RS 11076.48 Crore which must be completed within five years.
Construction began on November 15, 2019.
The minister’s Chairperson said, “Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of operational Metro projects in various cities including capital Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida.
In addition to Under-construction Metro projects UPMRC in Kanpur and Agra, the state government The section also plans to have metro train services in cities such as Gorakhpur, Meerut, Varanasi, Allahabad and Jhansi in the coming years.
The DPR Gorakhpur Metro has been approved by the state government and is expected to be immediately approved by the Central Government.
“Alstom India, The French company will build and send 201 Metro coaches and advanced signaling systems for Agra and Kanpur Metro projects.
According to UPMRC, Kanpur and Agra will have a three-set coach for each train.
But the platform has been developed to run four Metro train trainers but they can be expanded to accommodate six trainers if there is an increase in the number of commuters in the future.
At present, only Lucknow Metro has facilities to run six trainers, but operates four coaches in one Metro.
For Agra Metro, Alstom will provide 28 metro trains.
On December 7, 2020 construction for Metro Agra began to base stone laying foundations carried out by PM Narendra Modi through video conferencing.
The Metro Agra project has two corridors that connect to all the main points in Agra.
The first corridor was between Sikandara to Taj East Gate which had a total length of 14 km and 13 stations (six elevated and seven underground).
The second corridor is between Agra Cantt to Kalindi Vihar has a total length of 15.4 km and 14 stations, all elevated.
The total estimation of project costs is Rs 8,379.62 Crore.
According to the UPMRC, under the corridor, a six-kist priority corridor has been marked between Taj East Gate & Jama Mosque consisting of three high stations and three underground stations.