Green Line (Kolkata Metro)

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Green Line, also known as East–West Metro, is a rapid transit metro line of the Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is India's first underwater stretch metro that passes under the Hooghly River. It currently runs from Salt Lake Sector-V to Howrah Maidan by going underneath the Hooghly River. A future eastern extension from Sector-V to Teghoria and western extension from Howrah Maidan to Santragachi Bus Terminus are planned. It will cover a distance of 23.1 km (14.4 mi) and consist of 24 stations from Teghoria (Haldiram) in the east to Santragachi Bus Terminus in the west, of which it will consist of 18 elevated and 7 underground stations, and the operational section consists of 6 elevated and 6 underground stations, with a total distance of 15 km (9.3 mi). The Green Line has India's first and biggest underwater metro tunnel, along with the deepest metro ventilation shaft. In the deepest metro shaft, the Howrah metro station is the deepest metro station in India, at a depth...

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