First Underwater Run: Kolkata Metro creates history on Howrah-Esplanade route

First Underwater Run: Kolkata Metro creates history on Howrah-Esplanade route

TCN Service/Kolkata

For the first time in India, a metro train completed the first Underwater Run making a history for Kolkata Metro on Howrah-Esplanade route in the Indian state of West Bengal on Wednesday.

Sharing the news about the historic feat, Kolkata Metro Rail in a tweet said, “Kolkata Metro creates History!For the first time in India,a Metro rake ran under any river today!

Regular trial runs from #HowrahMaidan to #Esplanade will start very soon. Shri P Uday Kumar Reddy,General Manager has described this run as a historic moment for the city of #Kolkata”.

Watch video of the trial run here:

Sanjeev Kumar

Senior Journalist and former Correspondent with Thomson Reuters at Punjab, The Statesman at Delhi and Shimla; and Mid-Day, Delhi

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