The City of Joy, Kolkata, saw the inauguration of India’s first underwater metro on 13th February 2020 by Railway Minister Piyush Goel. The metro train is the first of its kind in India and has been drawing comparisons with the likes of Eurostar, which connects London and Paris. The East-West Metro project, connecting the twin cities Kolkata and Howrah is being constructed by Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC), which launched India's first metro project in 1984 with a North-South service. This marked the debut of the second metro line in the city. The ride on East-West Metro will take less than a minute to cross a 520-meter underwater tunnel. Depending on the time of day, otherwise, it takes some 20 minutes to use the ferry and anywhere upward of an hour to cross the Howrah bridge. The 16.6-km East-West Metro Project will connect the Howrah Maidan on the other side of river Hooghly with Rajarahat Newtown on the northeastern fringes of the city. The elevated corridor is 5.8 km long while the underground stretch measures 10.8 km. The tunnelling of about 13 meters under the Hooghly river bed was successfully completed in 2017.
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