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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Indian English Шаблон:Infobox public transit Шаблон:Ahmedabad Metro RDT Ahmedabad Metro is a rapid transit system for the cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar in Gujarat state of India.

The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited was established in February 2010 and the Шаблон:Cvt long Phase–1 of the project was approved in October 2013 with two corridors, North–South and East–West. The construction started on 14 March 2015. A Шаблон:Cvt section of East–West corridor was inaugurated on 4 March 2019 and was opened to the public on 6 March 2019. The rest of the Phase–1 was inaugurated on 30 September 2022 and opened to public on 2 and 6 October 2022; except the Thaltej Gam end and three stations.

In January 2021, the construction of the Шаблон:Cvt long Phase-2 connecting Ahmedabad with Gandhinagar was also started. The branch line connecting to GIFT City is expected to open in early 2024.

History

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the metro on 30 September 2022.

In 2003, Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board carried out the study for urban transport between Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad. It also carried out the detailed project report through Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and RITES and submitted it in June 2005 and received Central Government's approval in the same year.[1][2] Following the estimated cost of Шаблон:INRconvert and the study of the viability of the project, it was abandoned in 2005 to give priority to the Ahmedabad BRTS and suburban railway projects. In 2008, considering the future developments in and around Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, the project was revived and new corridors were designed to make the project viable.[3][4]

The special purpose vehicle company, Metro Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad Company Ltd, later renamed Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited (GMRC) in 2018, was established by Government of Gujarat on 4 February 2010 with Шаблон:INRconvert. Later in 2014, it was decided that the Central Government will own 50% of the company.[5][6]

Phase-1

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North-South Corridor under construction near Sabarmati Powerhouse and Sabarmati Railway Station 9 July 2017

On 19 October 2014, Union Cabinet of India approved Шаблон:INRconvert for the Phase–1.[6] The Central Government approved the use of unused Western Railways land along the Botad-Sabarmati meter gauge line in November 2014.[7] The original plan of Metro along Ashram Road was tweaked and the track was moved westward. The new plan added the cost of Шаблон:INRconvert and two more stations. The new plan helped by causing fewer problems in land acquisition and less congestion on Ashram Road. In 2015 budget of Gujarat, Шаблон:INRconvert was further allocated for the metro. The ground breaking ceremony was held on 14 March 2015 for the construction of Шаблон:Cvt long Vastral – Apparel Park stretch of East–West corridor in presence of then Gujarat Chief Minister, Anandiben Patel. The ground-breaking ceremony for North-South Corridor was held on 17 January 2016 in presence of the then Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel. The work started in March 2016.[8][9][10][11] The Indian Railways permitted the construction of North–South corridor stretch on its land in June 2016.[12] Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) agreed to fund Шаблон:INRconvert for Phase-1 of the project in November 2015 and the first tranche of Шаблон:INRconvert was released in 2016.[13]

The trial runs were carried out in February 2019 on Шаблон:Cvt long Vastral – Apparel Park section of Phase-1.[14][15] The section was inaugurated on 4 March 2019 by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[16][17] It opened to the public on 6 March 2019.[18] The Шаблон:Cvt-long Thaltej-Thaltej Gam section and three metro stations (Kankaria East, Thaltej Gam and Sabarmati) will be completed by December 2023.[19][20][21][22] The rest of the Phase-1 was inaugurated on 30 September 2022 by Prime Minister Modi.[23] The east–west corridor and the north–south corridor were opened to public on 2 October 2022 and 6 October 2022 respectively.[24] The cost of Phase-1 construction was Шаблон:INRconvert.[23]

Phase-2

The Government of Gujarat approved the Phase-2 in October 2017 and revised it in October 2018. In February 2019, the Union cabinet approved the Phase-2 worth cost of Шаблон:INRconvert. It will extend the north–south corridor from Motera in Ahmedabad to Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar (Шаблон:Cvt) with a branch line from Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) linking Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU) and GIFT City (Шаблон:Cvt). The Phase-2 will have total Шаблон:Cvt-long elevated corridor with 22 stations.[25][26][17]

The tendering for the Phase-2 began in January 2020. On 18 January 2021, the foundation stone of the Phase-2 was laid by Prime Minister Modi.[27] The branch line connecting to GIFT City is expected to open in early 2024.[28][19]

In February 2023, Titagarh Rail Systems won a contract worth Шаблон:INRconvert for providing rolling stock for the Phase-2.[29][30] The trial run of Phase-2 was planned to start in June 2023[31] but has not yet commenced.

Network information

Line Name Phase-1 Phase-2 Total Length
colspan="2" style="background:#Шаблон:Rcr; color:white; text-align: center;" |Blue Line Шаблон:Cvt Шаблон:Cvt
rowspan="2" style="background:#Шаблон:Rcr; color:white; text-align: center;" |Red Line style="background:#Шаблон:Rcr; color:white; text-align: center;" |Main Line Шаблон:Cvt Шаблон:Cvt Шаблон:Cvt
style="background:#Шаблон:Rcr; color:white; text-align: center;" |Branch Line Шаблон:Cvt Шаблон:Cvt
Total Length Шаблон:Cvt Шаблон:Cvt Шаблон:Cvt

Note: East-West Corridor is Шаблон:Cvt elevated and Шаблон:Cvt underground.

Current status

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Map of operational network

Шаблон:Main

Ahmedabad Metro
Line Name First Operational Last Extension Number of

operational stations

Operational length Terminal Stations Rolling Stock Track Gauge (mm) Electrification End to end travel time
style="background:#Шаблон:Rcr; color:white; text-align: center;" |Blue Line 4 March 2019 30 September 2022 16 (except Thaltej Gam and Kankaria East) Шаблон:Cvt Thaltej Vastral Gam Hyundai Rotem Standard Gauge (1,435 mm) 750V DC Third Rail 39 min[32]
style="background:#Шаблон:Rcr; color:white; text-align: center;" |Red Line 30 September 2022 N/A 14 (except Sabarmati Railway station) Шаблон:Cvt Motera Stadium APMC 32 min[32]
Total 29 (with Old High Court interchange) 38.63 km


Operations

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Nirant Cross Road metro station

The metro started commercial operations in March 2019. Over 7.1 lakh people had travelled by metro till June 2022 but the monthly ridership had never exceeded 38,137 which is the highest ridership registered in March 2019 due to short length of the opened corridor then. The most riders were identified as those taking joyrides.[21]

Following opening of the Phase-1 in September 2022, the ridership increased significantly. In one year from October 2022 to 28 September 2023, more than 186,36,388 people travelled via metro with average daily ridership of 90,000 on normal days and 75,000 on holidays; averaging 51,000 riders a day. It earned Шаблон:INRconvert from tickets in the same period.[32]

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Construction

Construction contracts

Sl No. Contract Contractor
1 General Consultancy Systra-RITES-Oriental-AECOM JV
2 96 coaches (Rolling stock) Hyundai Rotem
3 Signalling System Nippon Signal Co. Ltd, Japan
4 Apparel Park Depot URC Construction
5 Gyaspur Depot Gannon Dunkerly - PSPO JV
6 Vastral Gam - Apparel Park (Viaduct - 6 km) J Kumar Infraprojects
7 Vastral Gam - Apparel Park (6 Stations) DRA - CICO JV
8 East Ramp - Kalupur (Tunnels & 2 Stations - 2.45 km) Afcons Infrastructure
9 Kalupur - West Ramp (Tunnels & 2 Stations - 4.38 km) Larsen & Toubro
10 Thaltej Gam - West Ramp (Viaduct & 7 Stations - 8.21 km) Tata Projects - CRCC JV
11 Gyspur - Shreyas (Viaduct & 4 Stations - 4.62 km)
12 Shreyas - Ranip (Viaduct & 6 Stations -8.94 km) Simplex Infrastructure
13 Motera - Ranip (Viaduct - 4.85 km) Ranjit Buildcon
14 Motera - Ranip (5 Stations) Pratibha - Ranjit JV
15 Shreyas to Ranip

(Viaduct & 6 stations – 8.94 km)

Simplex Infrastructure
16 Kalupur to West Ramp

(Tunnels & 2 stations – 4.38 km)

Larsen & Toubro
17 Thaltej Gam to West Ramp

(Viaduct, Sabarmati Bridge & 7 stations – 8.21 km)

Tata – CCECC JV
18 Electrification Siemens India - Siemens AG, Germany
19 Automatic Fare Collection System Nippon Signal Co. Ltd, Japan

Controversy

Near Thaltej Gam on western side, 300-odd shop owners opposed the land acquisition while the officials said that there is need of huge land for depot and parking for the project.[33] The land acquisition is also opposed by the residents and shop owners of Jivraj Park in Vejalpur area. They had filed a case in Gujarat High Court.[34][35] They settled the case in September 2017.[36] Former IAS officer and executive chairman of project Sanjay Gupta and seven of his subordinate officers were accused while two of them were arrested in May 2015 for alleged committed fraud of Шаблон:INRconvert in procurement and use of ground filling materials for the project in 2012. Another case regarding procurement of 603 tons of TMT steel worth Шаблон:INRconvert which was never delivered is also being investigated.[37][38][39][40]

The Comptroller and Auditor General has pointed out wasteful expenditure of Шаблон:INRconvert on earlier unapproved corridors.[41]

Network map

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See also

References

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External links

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