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…
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