Lucknow Metro | CM Yogi Aditya Nath flagged off, will open public from tomorrow

Lucknow: The first phase of the Lucknow Metro line from Transport Nagar to Charbagh was inaugurated today in the presence of UP Governor Ram Naik, CM Yogi Adityanath and Home Minister Rajnath Singh. One of Akhilesh Yadav’s dream projects, the Lucknow Metro Rail was also part of the budget speech for Samajwadi Party (SP) in the year 2013-14.

The Metro corridor measuring 8.5 kms, starting from Charbagh Station to Transport Nagar covering eight elevated stations, has been completed in a record 14 months time. It opens to the public on Wednesday promising a “cheaper, congestion-free and eco-friendly” ride.

[caption id="attachment_10540" align="alignnone" width="333"] Lucknow Metro flagged off for commercial run[/caption]

While the trial run took place in December 2016, the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) cleared the file on August 14, nearly nine months later. The foundation stone for phase-1 of the North-South Metro Rail Corridor project was laid by ex Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on March 4, 2014.

[caption id="attachment_10541" align="alignnone" width="300"] Union Home Minister Sh Raj Nath Singh and CM Sh Yogi Aditya Nath flagged off the first metro train for commercial run[/caption]

Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) said this corridor is part of a 23 km North-South Metro corridor which is being executed by LMRC from Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport to Munshipulia. “The second proposed corridor, which is 11 km-long is called the East- West corridor,” said Keshav, adding that the target is to finish it by April 2019.

The Lucknow Metro will also have the “most advanced signaling and train control system”, called Communication Based Train Control System (CBTC), which will enable trains to virtually operate on “driverless” mode.

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