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In pictures: Hitch a ride from Esplanade to Howrah Maidan on India’s first underwater Metro

Sense of accomplishment seen among railway employees even as excited passengers get busy clicking photographs and shooting videos of Metro ride under the Hooghly

My Kolkata Web Desk Kolkata Published 06.03.24, 06:47 PM
The garlanded entrance to the swanky Esplanade station of the Kolkata Green Line (east-west) Metro gave a red carpet welcome to passengers on a historical Wednesday. It also serves as the crossover station for the Kavi Subhash to Dakshineswar Blue Line (north-south) Metro corridor
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The garlanded entrance to the swanky Esplanade station of the Kolkata Green Line (east-west) Metro gave a red carpet welcome to passengers on a historical Wednesday. It also serves as the crossover station for the Kavi Subhash to Dakshineswar Blue Line (north-south) Metro corridor

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Passengers have to head to the fully operational automated ticket machines at first
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Passengers have to head to the fully operational automated ticket machines at first

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Once past the gleaming smart gates, passengers can head to the platform
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Once past the gleaming smart gates, passengers can head to the platform

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Bright and colourful murals on way to the platform provide the perfect backdrop for groupfies for this bunch of first passengers
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Bright and colourful murals on way to the platform provide the perfect backdrop for groupfies for this bunch of first passengers

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A flurry of activities could be spotted inside the Metro Railway management office on Wednesday, implying the sense of duty and excitement
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A flurry of activities could be spotted inside the Metro Railway management office on Wednesday, implying the sense of duty and excitement

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An attractive scale model of the ambitious India’s first underwater Metro project was surely worth checking out and taking snapshots
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An attractive scale model of the ambitious India’s first underwater Metro project was surely worth checking out and taking snapshots

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Breathtaking murals capturing the essence of Kolkata’s daily life fill up the walls of the Esplanade Metro station
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Breathtaking murals capturing the essence of Kolkata’s daily life fill up the walls of the Esplanade Metro station

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A quick duofie inbetween work to boost the spirit of these two railway employees on a historical day
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A quick duofie inbetween work to boost the spirit of these two railway employees on a historical day

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A Metro rake all set to leave the Esplanade Metro station for its underwater journey
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A Metro rake all set to leave the Esplanade Metro station for its underwater journey

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And the journey began for the underwater 520-metre dive into the Hooghly on way to the other bank of the river
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And the journey began for the underwater 520-metre dive into the Hooghly on way to the other bank of the river

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People framed memories on board as it rushed towards Howrah Metro station from Kolkata
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People framed memories on board as it rushed towards Howrah Metro station from Kolkata

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A mother and daughter preferred to sit back and enjoy the experience, instead of holding mobiles in hand, as the Metro crossed the Hooghly. The blue lights in the tunnel implied that the rake was passing the 520-metre undewater stretch
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A mother and daughter preferred to sit back and enjoy the experience, instead of holding mobiles in hand, as the Metro crossed the Hooghly. The blue lights in the tunnel implied that the rake was passing the 520-metre undewater stretch

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Age and gender posed no barrier to the thrill and excitement for these passengers on the Green Line Metro on Wednesday
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Age and gender posed no barrier to the thrill and excitement for these passengers on the Green Line Metro on Wednesday

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While excitement was palpable inside the Metro coaches, the rake plunged deep beneath the Hooghly on its inaugural run dashing past the 520-metre underwater blue stretch
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While excitement was palpable inside the Metro coaches, the rake plunged deep beneath the Hooghly on its inaugural run dashing past the 520-metre underwater blue stretch

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Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation Limited employees pump fists in the air and flash the victory sign after Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally inaugurated the Green Line
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Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation Limited employees pump fists in the air and flash the victory sign after Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally inaugurated the Green Line

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Easy-to-read direction boards like this one promises to be hugely beneficial for Metro passengers at the Esplanade crossover station
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Easy-to-read direction boards like this one promises to be hugely beneficial for Metro passengers at the Esplanade crossover station

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(Top) History was also scripted on the Orange Metro Line as Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the truncated stretch from Kavi Subhash station to Hemanta Mukhopadhyay station (Ruby crossing), serving the areas of E.M. Bypass, Kasba and Anandapur, on Wednesday and (above) school students waved the Tricolour before the inaugural run
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(Top) History was also scripted on the Orange Metro Line as Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the truncated stretch from Kavi Subhash station to Hemanta Mukhopadhyay station (Ruby crossing), serving the areas of E.M. Bypass, Kasba and Anandapur, on Wednesday and (above) school students waved the Tricolour before the inaugural run

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Many school students took a ride on the Orange Line as part of the inauguration on Wednesday
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Many school students took a ride on the Orange Line as part of the inauguration on Wednesday

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East West Metro Esplanade Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRCL) Howrah Maidan Howrah Station Hooghly River BBD Bag Kavi Subhash Noapara Metro Station Narendra Modi Ministry Of Railways Indian Railway Board
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