Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation

Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Company typeGovernment-owned corporation
FoundedJuly 2008; 16 years ago (2008-07)
HeadquartersKMRCL Bhawan, HRBC Complex, 2nd & 3rd Floor, Munsi Premchand Sarani, ,
Area served
Kolkata, Howrah
Key people
  • Anuj Mittal (Managing​ Director)
  • Smt. Chandrima Roy (Chief​ Vigilance Officer)
ServicesPublic transport
Revenue12.843 lakh (equivalent to 14 lakh or US$16,000 in 2023) (2022)
Increase7.9286 lakh (equivalent to 8.4 lakh or US$10,000 in 2023) (2022)
Total assetsIncrease 8,461.774 crore (equivalent to 90 billion or US$1.1 billion in 2023) (2022)
OwnerGovernment of India

Ministry of Railways:- 74%

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs:- 26%
Websitekmrc.in
Footnotes / references
"ANNUAL REPORT ENGLISH 2021-2022" (PDF). Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. 2022.
Day one of the East West Metro Kolkata on February 13, 2020.
A Kolkata East-West Metro rake

Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) is a Government of India enterprise formed in 2008. The agency was formed to oversee the implementing Kolkata Metro Line 2, also known as East West Metro, connecting the twin cities Kolkata and Howrah. The metro rail route is partly underground including the part that will be under the river Ganges.[1][2][3] The 16.6 km route has six station each in underground and elevated portions. The terminal stations are Salt Lake Sector V and the Howrah Maidan.[4] The elevated stretch started operations on 13 February 2020.

  1. ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  2. ^ "India's deepest Metro station at Howrah also to be the largest". The Times of India. 1 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Annual Report" (PDF). Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. 2017.