The Blue Line of the
Ahmedabad Metro
Ahmedabad Metro is a rapid transit system for the cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar in Gujarat state of India.
The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited was established in February 2010 and the long Phase–1 of the project was approved ...
is the first metro line of the
Ahmedabad city's mass rapid transit rail. It consists of 18 metro stations (including two under construction), starting from Vastral Gam and ending at Thaltej Gam, with a total distance of , with most of the it being elevated.
History
The ground breaking ceremony was held on 14 March 2015 for the construction of long Vastral – Apparel Park stretch of Blue Line of the Phase-1 in presence of then Gujarat Chief Minister,
Anandiben Patel
Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel (born 21 November 1941) is an Indian politician serving as the current Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also served as Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Governor of Chhattisgarh. She has served as the first female Chie ...
. The work started in March 2016.
The trial runs were carried out on the section in February 2019. The section was inaugurated on 4 March 2019 by Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament fro ...
along with Chief Minister of Gujarat
Vijay Rupani
Vijaybhai Ramniklalbhai Rupani (born 2 August 1956) is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021 for two terms. He is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, representing Rajkot West. He is a ...
and Deputy Chief Minister
Nitinbhai Patel.
It opened to the public on 6 March 2019.
The -long Thaltej-Thaltej Gam section and two metro stations, Thaltej Gam and Kankaria East, will be completed by December 2023.
The rest of the Phase-1 was inaugurated on 30 September 2022 by Prime Minister Modi.
The Blue Line was opened to public on 2 October 2022.
On opening day, total 41,700 tickets were sold, generating revenue of , and total 72 trips were made.
On next day, 17,000 people travelled on 44 trips.
Features
While connecting Vastral Gam to Thaltej Gam, this line will be passing through Nirant Cross Road, Vastral, Rabari Colony, Amraiwadi, Apparel Park, Kankaria East, Kalupur Railway Station, Ghee Kanta, Shahpur, Old High Court, Stadium, Commerce Six Road, Gujarat University, Gurukul Road, Doordarshan Kendra and Thaltej stations.
The total distance of the corridor is with most of the it being elevated. The underground section is approximately in length with 4 underground stations, while the elevated section has 14 elevated stations. Old High Court station serves as an interchange station for the Blue Line and
Red Line.
The underground section is constructed about 22 metre deep at the lowest level near Gheekanta station. The other three underground stations are about 12-14 metres deep.
List of stations
Following is a list of stations on this route:
Construction
The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Limited has divided the construction work of the 20.73
km long Blue Line of Ahmedabad Metro into multiple construction packages.
The list of contractors is as follows:
Map
References
Ahmedabad Metro lines
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750 V DC railway electrification