Jaipur Metro

Jaipur Metro - An Video Overview of Jaipur Metro

History

Background

With the rapid industrialization and commercial development of Jaipur, teamed with a growing population, the transport infrastructure of the city was found to be overburdened. As a result, the government mulled over establishment of Jaipur Metro on the lines of Delhi Metro which had proved to be a great success.

Network

The Jaipur Metro is being built in 2 phases. Phase I consists of the Pink Line and Phase II consists of the Orange Line. Currently, the Pink Line is under construction. The implementation of Phase 1A of the project (Mansarover to Chandpole having the length of about 9.63 km) including the civil works, permanent way, depot and traction and power supply, etc. was being managed by DMRC The AFC, telecom and Chaupar to Chandpole). Phase I-A completed 9 stations and 9.63 kilometres (5.98 mi) of route length, of which 0.95 kilometres (0.59 mi) is underground and 9.13 kilometres (5.67 mi) is elevated.

The remainder of the first line, Phase I-B (2.349 kilometres (1.460 mi), 2 stations), is scheduled to be completed by 2018. Phase II (23.099 kilometres (14.353 mi), 20 stations) is planned to be completed by 2021.With the completion of Phases 1 and II, the network will span 35.078 kilometres (21.796 mi) and 31 stations.

Current route

As of June 2015, with the completion and the beginning of operations of Phase 1A, the Jaipur Metro network comprises one line, serving 9 metro stations^[ and operating on a total route length of 9.63 kilometres (5.98 mi).

Line	First operational	Last extension	Stations	Length (km)	Termini		Rolling stock	Track gauge (mm)	Power
Pink Line	3 Jun 2015		9	9.63	Mansarovar	Chandpole	10 trains[	1435	25 kV OHE
TOTAL			9	9.63

Pink Line

The first route of Jaipur Metro (East-West Corridor) will connect Mansarovar to Badi Chaupar via Civil Lines and Chandpole. In Phase I-A, the metro is operating betweenMansarovar to Chandpole. The construction of Phase-I B between Chandpole and Badi Chaupar is under process and is awaited to be completed. This is the Metro line that got flagged off on 3 June 2015, and has been named as Pink Line, as it takes you to the Pink City.^[2] The depot for this line is situated at Mansarovar.(Source - wikipedia)