Kochi Metro, is India’s first metro service for a tier-II city and is being built at an approximate cost of Rs 6,000 crore. The first phase of the Kochi Metro is ready and will run for 13 km from Palarivatom to Aluva. Kochi Metro is part of the larger ‘Water Metro’ project which aims to provide an integrated public transport…
KOCHI: It will remain etched in their memory for ever; as it was for the first time they travelled on public transport. When Kochi Metro opened its doors for children with special needs, they erupted in excitement. It was heartening to see disabled people moving around with ease. The elevators and escalators were opened for them. The children cheered, popped balloons and…
The inaugural venue of Kochi Metro became the converging point of state and Union governments to pledge their support for the development of Kerala. This gives a new hope for Kerala looking forward to big strides on the infrastructure front. Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi didn’t announce any major development projects, he maintained a positive air throughout his speech, which gave a message that…
KOCHI: Aluva residents would reap the maximum benefit from the Metro, which will ply up to Palarivattom, as their travel time to the city would be cut by almost twenty minutes. The commuters, especially IT professionals heading for Kakkanad, can now get down at Kalamassery or Palarivattom and reach the IT hub and district headquarters. A random survey conducted by TOI revealed…
From themed stations to the doors opening to the tune of chenda, this is what makes Kochi Metro super! Finally, the wait for Kerala’s first metro service is almost over. The first phase of the Kochi Metro Rail will be inaugurated on June 17. Kochi is the eighth city to get a metro rail, after Kolkata (1984), Delhi (2002), Bengaluru (2011),…
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kochi metro today, all eyes were on the brand new transport addition the Kerala government has added. There are many reasons why the country needs to be proud of the metro line – not just because it was completed in time and that it is setting an example of using clean energy,…
KOCHI: It would be a dream come true for Kochites as the Metro begins its inaugural journey on Saturday morning. Prime Minister Narendra Modi would set the ball rolling when he makes his journey on the Metro. Train controllers Yogesh Saini and Sumit Kumar will be at the loco pilot’s cabin to pilot the PM from Palarivattom to Pathadipalam and back. Two…
Nearly 450 children with disabilities, many of whom had never seen a Metro before, got to be the first in Kochi to experience it on Sunday. For 15-year-old Midhun, who has never travelled on a public bus, it’s an unbelievably exciting experience to be riding in his wheelchair on Kochi’s spanking new Metro train. But 12-year-old Arun is so frightened…
KOCHI: : The first 13-km stretch of Kochi Metro, completed in record time and incorporating state-of-the-art communication facilities that none other metros in India possess, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday. Expected to bring considerable relief to the city’s chronic traffic congestion, the Metro is also likely to put the state’s development agenda back on track. In his inaugural speech, Modi…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kochi Metro, Kerala’s first metro line, and took a ride aboard one of its trains on Saturday morning. He inaugurated the first phase of the Kochi metro, which covers 13.2 km of the total planned 25 km PM Modi took a ride on the metro along with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, union minister…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated one of the biggest and most awaited infrastructure projects in the southern state of Kerala. The 13-kilometer-long Kochi Metro, which was built at a cost of Rs5,181 crore will have a total of 22 stations, with 11 stations in the first phase, running from Palarivattom to Aluva. Kochi is the eight Indian city to…
Kochi One is a prepaid smart card. To begin with, it can be used only to travel in metro trains. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the Kochi Metro, country’s eighth inter-city metro rail project, a pre-paid card called Kochi One card meant to facilitate cashless travel on the metro and other commercial transactions is also set to be released alongside.…