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The Kochi Metro has many firsts to its credit—from green initiative to having a more inclusive workforce Bengaluru/New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the Rs5,181-crore Kochi Metro on Saturday. The 13-km metro service, the eighth metro service to be made operational in India, is unique in many ways. With its doors opening to the music of Chenda—Kerala’s…

It’s a dream come true for Kochites as the Metro begins its inaugural journey on Saturday morning. Prime Minister Narendra Modi sets the ball rolling when he makes his journey on the Metro. Here are the dos and don’t to keep in mind: * It is important to keep the train and metro station premises neat and tidy at all…

KOCHI: Though infirmities of old age did not allow her an easy ascent up the stairs to Palarivattom metro station, 80-year-old Kanchanavalli’s face betrayed no sense of uneasiness. The excitement of being one of the first few passengers of Kochi Metro rail had buoyed her spirits. An inmate of an old-age home at Fort Kochi, Kanchanavalli took the Metro ride…

Inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Kochi Metro is India’s first metro service for a tier-II city. The first phase of the Kochi Metro was inaugurated by Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Saturday. Part of the larger ‘Water Metro’ project, it aims to be an integrated public transport system in one of Kerala’s major cities. Here are some unique…

Generation of solar power, utilising braking energy, and social and green initiatives are unique to the project Among the many firsts that go to the Kochi Metro’s credit is that it is the longest metro corridor (13 km) being completed within a span of four years, a national record. Moreover, Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has recruited 23 persons from the transgender…

Will try to promote domestic manufacture of metro coaches, says Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the maiden run of the Kochi metro on Saturday, and took a short inaugural ride on one of the trains. One of the fastest to be built in the country, the Kochi metro is the first public transport system to reserve jobs for…

The Kochi Metro is set to become India’s eighth inter-city metro rail project on Saturday. It is 13-km long and has been built at a cost of Rs 5,181-crore. The Kochi Metro is set to become India’s eighth inter-city metro rail project on Saturday. It is 13-km long and has been built at a cost of Rs 5,181-crore. It will…

The Kochi metro has come to stand for the Malayalees’ capability of undertaking large feats of engineering, unusual for a state where strikes and shutdowns are a regular affair Last Published: Sat, Jun 17 2017. 12 49 AM IST Bengaluru: Antony Kureethara, a former municipal councillor in Kerala’s Kochi city, is busy. He is planning to take 200 men along with him…

  KOCHI: Kochi Metro was opened to public on Monday morning. The first train carrying city residents left Palarivattom and Aluva stations at 6am. For most of the residents, it was joy ride as they thronged ticket counters as early as 4.45am. The Metro trains will finish the day’s ride at 10pm at Aluva. There would be 219 trips between 6am and 10pm from…

Kochi metro trains will start from Aluva and Palarivattom from 6 AM simultaneously     Kochi Metro, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, will start commercial operations on Monday.The trains will start from Aluva and Palarivattom from 6 AM simultaneously and finish the day’s ride at 10 PM at Aluva, a Kochi Metro Rail spokesperson said on Sunday.The headwaywould be…

20-year-old Balusha, who has special needs, was breaking into spurts of dancing. “I am very excited to go in this metro,” he said. 400 people had been selected on Sunday as the first passengers on the new Kochi Metro, inaugurated the previous day by PM Modi.         Also included for first dibs were women from an old-age…