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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Jaipur Metro to be inaugurated today Wednesday June 03,2015

Jaipur Metro services will be inaugurated in Jaipur city by Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday June 03,2015


The CM will flag off the metro service at 11AM after which it will be thrown open to the public from 2 PM onwards.

Jaipur Metro will start with its operation from all of its 9 stations after the opening ceremony at the Mansarover station.

There are a total of 10 four-coach trains. They will be making 131 trips each day.

The Metro operations will begin from 6.45 AM and will continue till 9 PM.

The fare for the 9-km stretch is slated to be in slabs of Rs 5, Rs 10 and Rs 15.

The frequency is scheduled to be 10 minutes in peak hours and 15 minutes in off-peak hours.

The 9.63-km elevated section of the metro connects the city’s residential area Mansarovar to business hub in Chandpole.
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It was built in nearly four-and-a-half-years

Jaipur Metro will begin its journey on Wednesday. 
And there’s something special about the train drivers: Five of them are women.
The women have only three concerns: punctuality, passenger safety, and speed
The women have only three concerns: punctuality, passenger safety, and speed



Kusum Kanwar is one of five drivers for the new Metro
Trailblazers: Kusum Kanwar is one of five drivers for the new Metro




Note

Phase I of the project consists of 12.06km long East-West corridor running from Mansarovar to Badi Chaupar.

The corridor includes two sections, the East West-A (EW-A) from Mansarovar to Chandpole and East West-B (EW-B) from Chandpole to Badi Chaupar. It involves the construction of 2.78km of underground sections and 9.27km of elevated segments. Eight elevated stations and three underground stations are built under the first phase.

Phase II will cover the 23km-long North-South corridor from Sitapura Industrial Area to Ambabari. The corridor will include 5km of underground and 18km of elevated sections. The second phase will require the construction of five underground stations and 15 elevated stations.

Phase I development is being carried out in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) mode, while Phase II will be developed on public-private partnership (PPP) basis.

Construction began on the EW-A section in November 2010

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