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The Red Line of the Ahmedabad Metro is a metro route of the mass rapid transit system in
Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...
, India.


History


Phase-1

The Phase-1 of the North-South Corridor consists of 15 metro stations from APMC to Motera Stadium with a total distance of . The line is completely elevated. It will connect Motera Stadium to APMC, Vasna and will be passing through Sabarmati, AEC, Sabarmati Railway station, Ranip, Vadaj, Vijaynagar, Usmanpura, Old High court, Gandhigram, Paldi, Shreyas, Rajivnagar and Jivraj stations. The Phase-1 of the North-South Corridor was inaugurated on 30 September 2022 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 from ...
. It was opened to public on 6 October 2022 except Sabarmati Railway Station metro station which is under construction.


Phase-2

The Government of Gujarat approved the Phase-2 in October 2017 and revised it in October 2018. In February 2019, the Union cabinet approved the Phase-2 worth cost of . It will extend the North-South corridor from Motera in Ahmedabad to
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in Gandhinagar () with a branch line from Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) linking
Pandit Deendayal Energy University Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), formerly Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), has been established by GERMI as a Private University through the State Act enacted on 4 April 2007. The university is located at Raysan village of G ...
(PDEU) and GIFT City (5.416 km). The Phase-2 will have total -long elevated corridor with 22 stations. The tendering for the Phase 2 began in January 2020. On 18 January 2021, the foundation stone of the Phase-2 was laid by Prime Minister Modi. The branch line connecting to GIFT City is expected to open in early 2024.


List of stations


Main Line

Following is a list of stations on this route:


Branch Line

Following is a list of stations on this route:


Map


References

Ahmedabad Metro lines {{DEFAULTSORT:North-South Corridor (Ahmedabad Metro)