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MASS TRANSPORT
Lucknow Metro:
On the Fastest Track
The speed with which Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation is
running to complete its metro corridors establishes its title
as the Country’s fastest metro project. The priority section
of North-South Corridor (Phase 1-A) from Transport Nagar to
Charbagh is already operational for public with effect from
2017. Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, Lucknow Metro Rail
Corporation– answers a few questions from TrafficInfraTech
LMRC has very recently commenced trial stretch from the Chaudhary Charan Singh
run for the remaining section of the North airport to Munshipulia will have 21 stations
- South corridor. What are the technical and the maximum fare will be Rs 60. Currently,
details of the project? it takes around 90 minutes to reach from
The work related to this is likely to be Munshipulia to the airport, but once the route
completed by February 2019, much ahead of is operational, this distance will be covered in
the initial deadline of April 2019. The 22.8km 40 minutes only. The technical features are:
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