Everything you wanted to know about Kochi Metro

The Kochi Metro is the eighth inter-city metro rail project of India. Built at a cost of Rs 5,181-crore it spans 25 km across 22 stations. The Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for Kochi Metro rail project in 2012 & the metro was flagged off with much fanfare by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a big inauguration ceremony on 17th June 2017.  

The arrival of Kochi Metro has given rise to a surge in the real estate sector of Kochi with property prices going up as people have become more interested in buying flats in Kochi near the Metro Stations. Commuting has been made super easy and many builders in Kochi have initiated projects for residential apartments near the Metro stations. 

Here’s everything you need to know about Kochi Metro rail project:

Completion in record time

Even though the Kochi Metro is the longest first phase metro operation in the country it took the shortest time, 45 months to be commissioned into service when compared to Mumbai & Chennai.

Eco-friendly

Kochi Metro adheres to the best environmental practices & is the first metro service in the country to use Solar power to meet a quarter of its electricity requirements. Solar panels are installed in one of the stations, which generates 2.3 megawatts (MW) and plans to build a 4 MW solar plant is on the anvil. 

Kochi Metro has become an integral part of the Green Kochi scheme with Vertical gardens being implemented at every sixth of the 4,000-odd metro pillars & planting saplings on the medians of highways and some pillars between stations. The metro has bicycles on offer to its commuters for free at every station to ride around the city.

Women & transgenders at the forefront

Kochi Metro is creating history with the fact that a majority of its workforce comprises of women & transgenders for different operations ranging from ticketing to maintenance.

Themed stations

Each one of the Kochi Metro stations are designed on different themes like aquatic animals, birds, flowers, forests and more. 

Water Metro

Water transport is envisaged as a feeder service to the Metro rail corridor to connect the metro to the 10 islands of Kochi.

Disabled friendly coaches

The metro rail service not only have special provisions to provide wheelchairs, but it will also have reserved seats for people with disabilities.

Ticketing

Kochi Metro has also adopted a single card apart from the regular tickets, along with a single timetable and a singular command and control. The debit card along with the Kochi One Mobile App will allow passengers to access all modes of public transportation as well as be utilized for mercantile and internet transactions. 

Free WiFi

In a first for any metro in the country, the Kochi Metro has plans to offer free wi-fi at stations & inside the coaches.

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