Lucknow Metro is a Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) being constructed to provide the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh with an environment friendly atmosphere. The commencement of civil works started on 27 September 2014.[6] Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Limited or LMRC is working on this project which will be an alternative mode of transport since approximately 94% of the city's registered vehicles are private,city had over 2 million registerd vehicle in 2015.According to a report every month city is adding about 1000 new four wheelers in its vehicl[7][8] Growing population and huge traffic has called for the transformation of private modes of conveyance to public transport. The metro project will be the most expensive public transport system in the state of Uttar Pradesh,total cost of phase 1&2 will be about $2 billion, costing ₹6,928 crore (US$1 billion) in phase 1 of construction, first lane of which is expected to be operational for public by March 2017.[8][9] Phase 2 will be started in 2018.[citation needed]. Lucknow Metro is expected to cover 140 km in the city in total 4 phases in next 25 years.It is referred as the fastest built metro project in India.
Lucknow Metro will be having two routes, from North to South and East to West. The North-South corridor starts at Amausi to Munshi Pulia, with a total length of 22.878 kilometres (14.216 miles). The East-West corridor starts at Charbagh Railway Station and ends at Vasant Kunj. Both lines will intersect at Charbagh. An extension line from Indira Nagar – Gomti Nagar – Polytechnic Crossing will extend it to Patrakarpuram, Gomti Nagar.[10] The difference between arrival time of trains at each station is expected to be 7 minutes. This would be reduced to 5 minutes and then to 3 minutes in phases. The commercial run for the priority phase is expected to begin from March 26, 2017.
The Lucknow Metro system, when completed, will be the fastest and most economical high speed rapid transit system project in India.[11]
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| Overview | |||
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| Native name |
लखनऊ मेट्रो
لکھنؤ میٹرو | ||
| Owner | Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) | ||
| Locale | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||
| Transit type | Metro | ||
| Number of lines | 2 (planned, Phase I & II) | ||
| Number of stations | 33 (planned, Phase I & II) | ||
| Key people | E. Sreedharan (Chief Advisor), Alok Ranjan (Chairman, LMRC), Kumar Keshav (MD, LMRC)[1] | ||
| Headquarters | Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Administrative Headquarters, Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow 226010 | ||
| Website | http://www.lmrcl.com/ | ||
| Operation | |||
| Operation will start | 26th March 2017[2] | ||
| Train length | 4 coaches | ||
| Headway | 100 seconds[3] (planned) | ||
| Technical | |||
| System length |
35 km (22 mi) (planned)[4]
140 km ( phase 1,2,3 & 4) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
| Top speed | 90 km/h (56 mph)[5] | ||
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