Jaipur Metro, touted as one of the fastest-built metro systems, to be thrown open to public today

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New Delhi, June 03, 2015: Jaipur Metro, touted as one of the fastest-built metro systems, to be thrown open to public today

 

From Wednesday, Jaipur will find itself in the map of the cities with Metro services.

Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje will flag off the metro service at 11am and the service will be thrown open to the public from 2pm onwards.

The 9.63-km elevated section of the metro with nine stations and built on standard guage connects the city’s residential area Mansarovar to business hub in Chandpole. Despite missing the deadlines repeatedly, it is touted as one of the fastest-built metros in the country in a record time of nearly four-and-a-half-years.

According to projected estimates, the line will ferry approximately 1.2 lakh passengers daily. But to begin with, the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation is hoping to get at least 30,000 passengers per day. A total of 10 four-coach trains will be making 131 trips each day between the two terminal stations at a frequency of 10 minutes in peak hours and 15 minutes in off-peak hours. The operations will begin from 6.45am and will continue till 9 pm with fewer train trips (115) on Sundays.

Fare for the 9-km stretch will be in three slabs of Rs 5, Rs 10 and Rs 15.

Work on the 2.3-km underground stretch is currently in full swing. Once completed, the metro will reach Badi Chaupar, right outside the popular Hawa Mahal in the walled city.

Right from the beginning of her second term in office, Chief Minister Raje had disapproved of the implementation of the metro project, a brainchild of former chief minister Ashok Gehlot.

The 12-km east-west Metro corridor was one of Gehlot’s big ticket projects that he had expected to flag off by the end of his tenure.

 

 

Courtesy:Indianexpress