Ahmedabad Phase-1 Fully Commissioned

“The Ahmedabad Phase-1 project on 30th September 2022 at Kalupur Metro station was commissioned by Hon’ble PM Shri. Narendra Modi along with Hon’ble CM of Gujarat, Hon’ble Governor of Gujarat, Hon’ble Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hob’ble Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology, MP- Minister of State for Railways & Textiles and other dignitaries of Gujarat. North-south and East West lines of total 29 stations and 38.6 km was commissioned and the same was further operationalized in October 2022 with all the system in place for the citizens of Ahmedabad. “

“The total project is 40.03 km long Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase I comprising of two corridors and has a total of 32 stations out of which 28 stations are elevated and 4 stations are underground. East-West corridor is 20.91 km long which includes both 14.40 km elevated and 6.6 km of underground section whereas North-South corridor is 19.12 km long and comprises elevated section”



“Hon’ble PM, as Chief Minister of the State was clear that metro route should be such as to service the poorer sections of the society where the need and demand for public transportation is more, travel time is more due to narrow roads, congestion etc. He also suggested utilization of Railway corridor to reduce the land acquisition & hardship to residential societies and commercial establishments and thus also leading to smooth Multi Modal integration. Hence, on the North-South corridor, the Metro and Indian railways Ahmedabad- Botad line are running parallel and adjacent for 8.5 km.”

“MMI Connectivity is being provided with Indian Railways, the Bullet train and Bus Systems (BRTS, GSRTC and City Bus service). This includes connectivity with BRTS at Ranip, Vadaj, AEC etc. and with Railways at Gandhigram, Kalupur and Sabarmati Railway stations etc. Last mile connectivity is also planned using E-Rickshaw.”



“Ahmedabad Metro Project is a massive infrastructure project involving underground tunnels, viaduct & bridges, elevated and underground station buildings, ballast less rail tracks and modern GOA 3 Rolling Stock, Tunnel Ventilation system, HVAC, Signalling, Telecom, AFC, Platform Screen Door, Traction/ Third Rail, Lifts, Escalators, E&M, Fire Fighting Security Equipment, Entry/Exit structures and Teams for Operation of Trains & Stations all integrated for seamless automatic train operations.”

“There are total of 32 Train sets and 96 Train coaches, 129 Lifts, 161 Escalators & 126 Entry/Exit Structures at stations in this project. The stations have provision for 6 train coaches though at present trains will be running with 3 coaches.”

“The project has been undertaken by Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Ltd., a 50:50 SPV of GOI and GOG and has been provided bi-lateral funding by JICA amounting to Rs. Rs. 6,066 Cr. The total Project cost for Ahmedabad Phase-1 project is Rs. 10.773 Cr.”

“Despite 3 waves of Covid-19 and its resultant effect like lockdown, containment zones, shortage of labour, reduction in availability of items needed both from India and abroad, delay in transportation due to lock downs in other countries and shortage of containers for transport etc., the project has been successfully completed and was ready for commissioning.”