Kolkata Metro extensions
Large network extensions with surface, elevated and underground sections across a historic city.
Photo: Tarunsamanta · CC BY-SA 4.0
Prior-role experience. The projects and credentials presented represent the professional experience of Devstrat's leadership in previous roles. They are not represented as projects executed by Devstrat Private Limited.
Overview
India's oldest metro has been extended in several directions to serve the growing Kolkata metropolitan region, combining surface, elevated and underground construction.
Prof. (Dr.) H. R. Yadav was associated with ~66 km of Kolkata Metro extension works during his time with RVNL.
Engineering challenges
- Several construction forms across one programme of extensions
- Working in soft deltaic soils
- Building around a dense, historic urban fabric
Photo gallery
Kolkata Metro extensions in pictures
Photos show the Kolkata Metro network and are illustrative; they are not necessarily of the extensions referred to above.
Photos are openly licensed images from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licence shown with each photo. They are not Devstrat's own photographs. All photo credits
Related experience
Delhi Metro Phase I, Line 2 (underground)
- ~11 km · Underground length
- 10 · Underground stations, plus depot
- 8–9 months · Commissioned ahead of schedule
Delhi Airport Express Line
- ~11 km · Bored, NATM and cut-and-cover tunnels
- 4 · Underground stations
- ₹1,480 Cr+ · Underground works supervised
Bangalore Metro Reach 1
- 5.5 km · Viaduct
- 6 · Stations
- 2 · Depots
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