Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday inaugurated the high-speed train trial of the Agra Metro at the Taj East Gate Station. The metro service will begin by February 2024. Speaking on the occasion Yogi Adityanath said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is providing excellent public transport facility to the countrymen. Adityanath arrived at Kheria Airport in Agra and conducted a review meeting with the district officials at the circuit house premises.
UP CM said, “I feel very proud to share that now the high-speed trials of Agra Metro have begun. The team has done a commendable job,” as quoted by PTI. Metro trains are operational in five cities -- Lucknow, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida. Agra will be the sixth metro city in future and will give plenty of employment opportunities, enhance tourism and boost its image on the world map, Adityanath said.
"Metro services will be operational for the people of Agra by February 2024,” he said. The Chief Minister also held a meeting with administrative officials and representatives at Circuit House to review the development works underway in the district.
MD Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) Sushil Kumar said, “UPMRC has always executed metro projects timely and ahead of schedule. This time as well we will achieve the same milestone, by delivering a world-class metro to the people of Agra ahead of the set timeline,” as quoted by PTI.
"The low-speed trials of the metro were already being carried out in the Agra Metro Depot. Now, the high-speed trials will commence on the 3-km-long elevated viaduct comprising three elevated stations, which is a part of the 6-km-long priority stretch (on the first corridor) that runs from Taj East Gate Metro Station to Jama Masjid Metro Station," he added. There are two corridors for the Agra Metro Rail Project running a length of 29.4 km.
The first corridor runs from Taj East Gate to Sikandra and it is 13.7 km long and has six elevated and seven underground stations. The second corridor runs from Agra Cantt to Kalindi Vihar and is 15.7 km long. The entire corridor is elevated and includes 14 metro stations.
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