Kanpur Metro

Kanpur Metro
Overview

Native name	Kanpur Metro
Owner	KPMRCL (Kanpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited)
Locale	Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Transit type	Metro
Number of lines	2 (planned, Phase I & II)
Number of stations	31 (planned, Phase I & II, 23 stations in a 24 km stretch and 8 stations in 9 km stretch)
Headquarters	KPMRCL (Kanpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited), Near Uttar Pradesh State Textile Corporation Limited, Grand Trunk Road, Sharda Nagar, Kanpur-19
Website	http://www.kpmrcl.com/ (Launching Soon)
Operation
Headway	4 minutes
Technical
System length	33 km (21 mi) (planned)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 Kv OHE
Top speed	34 kmps

Kanpur Metro is an under construction rail based mass transit system in the city of Kanpur, India which shall further be extendable to Kanpur Metropolitan Area. The feasibility study of the project was done by RITES and was completed in June 2015. Kanpur Metro Rail is likely to be completed around 2020. Kanpur is the largest city in Uttar Pradesh followed by Lucknow. This is the largest industrial town in the state. The feasibility study of metro rail in Kanpur has been prepared to control the traffic woes and congestion which are hampering the growth, development and prosperity of the City. Lucknow metro rail corporation has got the responsibility to implement the work of Kanpur metro untill the spv for Kanpur metro is not formed. Japan International Cooperation Agency and European Investment Bank will provide loan to Kanpur Metro project.

Corridors

Line I

Line II

Line III (Future Extension)

In this phase the metro line is proposed from south-west part of city PSIT to eastern part of city Ruma while covering whole of the industrial city.^[1]

Cost

The Cost of construction is estimated at ₹13,721 crores for two lines. Line I is projected to be developed with ₹9000 crores. The cost will be evaluated based on the June 2015 price index.^[2]

Status updates

Sept 2015: Proposed formation of Kanpur Metro Rail Corporation^[3]
Nov 2015: DPR prepared by LMRC and RITES is submitted to state government.^[4]
Feb 2016: State Government is planning to lay foundation stone of Kanpur Metro in March 2016 after state cabinet approval.^[5]
Feb 2016: It is expected that civil work on Kanpur metro will start by Dec 2016.^[6]
Mar 2016: UP Govt approves the DPR.^[7]
Mar 2016:Japanese team inspected metro route in the city^[8]
May 2016:EIB ready to fund city metro project^[9]
May 22, 2016: Centre approves plan for Kanpur metro ^[10]
June 15, 2016: Last date to submit logo for Kanpur Metro by KPMRC^[11]
July 20, 2016: Scheduled inauguration of Kanpur Metro by Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh which could not take place due to delay in giving NOCs various ministries under Central Government.^[12]
October, 2016: Final approval of Metro project by UP Government and Government of India^[13]
October 4, 2016: Foundation stone laying ceremony done by Union minister of urban development Venkaiah Naidu in the presence of CM Akhilesh Yadav and BJP MP Murli Manohar Joshi at Brijendra Swarup Park in Benajhabar.^[14]^[15]

References

↑ "Story".
↑ "UP Cabinet Approves 32.385 km Kanpur Metro - The Metro Rail Guy".
↑ "RITES asked to make parking lot at every Metro station - TOI Mobile - The Times of India Mobile Site".
↑ "Kanpur Metro Report Submitted to Uttar Pradesh Government".
↑ IANS. "Kanpur Metro rail project to be launched by March".
↑ Rawat, Virendra Singh. "Kanpur, Varanasi metro rail projects could start by December 2016".
↑ "दिल्ली में दौड़ने लगी कानपुर मेट्रो की फाइल - Kanpur City News".
↑ NYOOOZ. "Japanese team inspected metro route in the city - Kanpur NYOOOZ".
↑ "EIB ready to fund city metro project - TOI Mobile - The Times of India Mobile Site".
↑ "Centre approves plan for Varanasi and Kanpur metro - The Economic Times".
↑ Era's, Creativ. "Kanpur Development Authority - Tenders".
↑ "कानपुर में 20 जुलाई को मेट्रो परियोजना का शिलान्यास करेंगे मुख्यमंत्री - Navbharat Times".
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Kanpur division topics

General	Doab Dainik Jagran National Chambal Sanctuary Lakh Bahosi Sanctuary

Mythology, history	Panchala Panchala Kingdom Siege of Cawnpore Second Battle of Cawnpore

Districts	Auraiya Etawah Farrukhabad Kannauj Kanpur Kanpur Dehat

Tehsils	Saifai

Rivers, dams, lakes	Chambal Ganges Kali Ramganga Sindh Yamuna Ganges Barrage Moti Jheel

Languages, people	Awadhi Braj Bhasha Hindustani Kannauji Khariboli Standard Hindi Urdu

Transport	NH 2 Grand Trunk Road NH 26 NH 86 NH 96 SMSKBT Kanpur over-bridge Kanpur Airport IIT Kanpur Airport Kanpur Civil Airport Kanpur Central railway station Kanpur Anwarganj railway station Govind Nagar Panki Chandari Junction railway station Chakeri Shuklaganj Rawatpur Kalianpur Mandhana Bithoor Chobepur Maharajpur Saifai Airport Sarsaul Bhaupur Gangaghat Magarwara Howrah–Delhi main line Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway Kanpur Monorail Kanpur Metro Kanpur Metropolitan Bus Service

Industries	Panki Thermal Power Station Lohia Machinery Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India British India Corporation Rupani Footwear

Institutes of higher learning	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kanpur List of engineering colleges in Kanpur Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Uttar Pradesh Medical Sciences University

Lok Sabha constituencies in Megapolitan Region	Kanpur Akbarpur Ghatampur Bilhaur Unnao Auraiya Fatehpur Sikandra

See also	Cities and towns in Auraiya district Cities and towns in Etawah district Cities and towns in Farrukhabad district Cities and towns in Kannauj district Cities and towns in Kanpur district Cities and towns in Ramabai Nagar district Villages in Auraiya district Villages in Etawah district Villages in Farrukhabad district Villages in Kannauj district Villages in Kanpur district Villages in Ramabai Nagar district People from Etawah People from Farrukhabad People from Kanpur People from Ramabai Nagar district Kanpur topics

Other Divisions	Agra Aligarh Allahabad Azamgarh Bareilly Basti Chitrakoot Devipatan Faizabad Gorakhpur Jhansi Lucknow Meerut Mirzapur Moradabad Saharanpur Varanasi

Rapid rail transit in India

Metro

Operational	Namma Metro Chennai Metro Delhi Metro Jaipur Metro Kolkata Metro Mumbai Metro Gurgaon Metro

Under construction	MEGA Hyderabad Metro Rail Kanpur Metro Kochi Metro Lucknow Metro Nagpur Metro Navi Mumbai Metro Noida Metro Rail Corporation

Planned	Agra Metro Bareilly Metro Bhopal Metro Chandigarh Metro Guwahati Metro Gwalior Metro Indore Metro Ludhiana Metro Jabalpur Metro National Capital Region Metro Patna Metro Pune Metro Vijayawada Metro Rail Visakhapatnam Metro

Proposed	Greater Nasik Metro Srinagar Metro Surat Metro Western railway elevated corridor

Monorail

Operational	Mumbai Monorail

Planned	Chennai Monorail Coimbatore Monorail Kolkata Monorail

Proposed	Ahmedabad Monorail Aizawl Monorail Allahabad Monorail Bangalore Monorail Bhubaneswar Monorail Delhi Monorail Indore Monorail Kanpur Monorail Navi Mumbai Monorail Patna Monorail Pune Monorail Tiruchirappalli Monorail

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Planned	Kolkata LRTS

Proposed	Delhi LRTS Kozhikode Light Metro Thiruvananthapuram Light Metro

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