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Gujarat To Get Its Own Metro: Trial Run On Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad Leg In January 2019, Says CM Vijay Rupani
Swarajya Staff
Oct 08, 2018, 10:22 AM | Updated 10:22 AM IST
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The first trial run of the Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad Metro rail leg will be undertaken in January 2019. The leg on which the trial will be held is 6.5-km long, says a report in Live Mint.
At a function to unveil the mock-up coach for the metro, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said the trial run will be held between Vastral and Apparel Park stations. The whole project is expected to be operational from 2020.
For the first three years, the train will have only three coaches and will be endowed with the capacity to ferry up to 1,000 passengers. However, the metro stations have been built to accommodate six-coach trains, MD of the project I P Gautam said.
Phase 1 of the project is expected to cost Rs. 10,773 crore and will be extended to Gandhi Nagar in Phase 2.
The Ahmedabad Metro Rail project is inching towards completion. Unveiled the mock-up coach of Metro Project for Public at Sabarmati Riverfront. #TransformingIndia#MaruAmdavad pic.twitter.com/cE450UFD9a
— Vijay Rupani (@vijayrupanibjp) October 6, 2018
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