Urban rail transit in India
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Urban rail transit in India consists of various modes of rail based public transport systems in urban areas of India, such as metro, suburban rail, monorail, regional rapid rail, tram and funiculur ra
The Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro
India's semi-high speed regional rapid rail, the RapidX
Mylapore MRTS station in Chennai. The suburban rail is the largest urban transit mode in India by ridership.
Life-size model of a horse-drawn tram at the City Centre arcade, Salt Lake, Kolkata
Kolkata Metro
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The Kolkata Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Kolkata and the Kolkata Metropolitan Region in West Bengal, India. Opened in 1984, it is the first rapid transit system in South Asia. I
Urban rail transit in India
…when the foundation stone was laid in Kolkata in 1972 to commence the construction of the ambitious metro system. On 24 October 1984, India saw its first metro system operational in Kolkata. After several struggles and bureaucratic hurdles, a stretch of 3.4 km was opened with five stations on the line. On 1 November…
Top: An ICF MEDHA rake arriving at Hemanta Mukhopadhyay station of the Orange Line. Bottom: A BEML rake departing from Mahakaran station of the Green Line.
ICF MEDHA MR 416
Shyambazar-Belgachhia Section (shield tunneling using compressed air and airlocks) using Hungarian expertise during its construction in the 1980s
Hooghly River Underwater metro tunnel segment