East West Metro Tunnel
 East West Metro Tunnel are blue this map | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Other name(s) | Ganga River Tunnel |
| Location |
Kolkata, India |
| Status | Under Construction |
| Start | Phoolbagan metro station, Kolkata |
| End | Howrah Maidan metro station , Howrah |
| Operation | |
| Owner | Kolkata Metro |
| Operator | Kolkata Metro |
| Traffic | Kolkata Metro |
| Technical | |
| Length |
11 kilometres (6.8 mi) 0.520 kilometres (0.323 mi) (Underneath Hoogly ) |
East West Metro Tunnel[1] is an under construction underwater river tunnel of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal. The river tunnel is construct underneath Hooghly river. Tunnel length is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) and width is 5.5 metres (18 ft). A 520m stretch of the tracks will go through a tunnel under the Hooghly. The roof of the tunnel would be about 30 metres from the ground level. The tunnel will be completed in 2018.[2] The tunnel will be first underwater river tunnel in India [3][4] and South Asia . The tunnel used by East West Metro Line for metro rail service and constructed by Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation.[5]
Construction
Howrah Maidan to Howrah station tunnel are completed.Tunnel Boring machine 250 m toward Hooghly river. 2.2 km Phulbagan to sealda tunnel are completed.The tunnel except opened in 2019 .[6]
References
- ↑ "Underwater metro tunnel work likely to begin next month".
- ↑ "Kolkata Metro’s new line may open in 2018". The Hindu Business.
- ↑ "Indias first underwater tunnel for howrah kolkata metro almost finishes".
- ↑ "Kolkata to get indias first underwater metro".
- ↑ "Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.". kmrc.in.
- ↑ "EW Metro tunnel 300m from river".