Indian prime minister Narendra Modi opened a 14km, five-station extension of the Orange metro line in Kanpur final week, persevering with the speedy build-out of mass transit within the state of Uttar Pradesh’s second largest metropolis.
The extension brings the road Modi inaugurated in 2021 immediately underground to Kanpur Central, the town’s fundamental rail hub.
It now stretches from Kanpur Central to the Indian Institute of Know-how Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) within the metropolis’s northwest.
Work on an extra stretch with seven stations to Naubasta within the south is underway.
“A number of years in the past, our authorities gifted Kanpur its first metro. At this time the Orange Line of Kanpur Metro has reached Kanpur Central. The town now boasts each elevated and underground Metro traces, connecting key elements of the town,” Modi stated on 30 Could, The Occasions of India stories.
“Visitors was once a serious situation in Kanpur, and plenty of doubted whether or not a Metro may very well be constructed right here. However at the moment we’re witnessing the profitable operation of a rare mission like Kanpur Metro,” the prime minister added.
All 40 of Kanpur’s metro trains have been in-built India at Alstom’s Savli plant.
In a position to run at 80kmph, the trains run robotically, have air-con and are geared up with Flexx bogies and a Mitrac propulsion system, which will increase power effectivity by means of regenerative braking.
Olivier Loison, Alstom India’s managing director, stated: “We’re dedicated in the direction of reshaping the transportation panorama of the state. The prolonged metro service will rework mass mobility in Kanpur and supply a secure, environment friendly, and sustainable mode of transportation.”
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