2. Introduction
oThe Lucknow Metro is a Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) .
oAfter completion it will be the fastest and most economical project in India.
oThe metro project will be the most expensive public transport system in the
state of Uttar Pradesh.
oLucknow Metro will be having two routes, from North to South and East to
West.
3. History
oThe Lucknow Metro Rail Project was planned to include two corridors:
• North-South and East-West.
• The Gomti Nagar Link.
oThe North-South corridor was to cover a distance of 23 kilometres.
o The East-West corridor was planned to have a total length of 11 km.
o The designed speed of metro would be 90 km/h while the scheduled speed would be
34 km/h (21 mph) for North-South corridor and 32 km/h for East-West corridor.
4. One of the most important projects –why?
oLucknow Metro Rail project is the fastest and most economical such project in
India.
oLucknow, the capital of most populous state of India.
oLucknow is an important service and trading centre.
oRapidly growing city.
o So government of U.P. decided to implement LMRC to meet the mobility and
accessibility needs of people of Lucknow.
5. Timeline
• 2008 September: Papers for Lucknow metro rail project was submitted to
Uttar Pradesh Government by DMRC
• 2008 October: The LDA (Lucknow Development Authority) cleared the
project
6. • 2009 February: LDA and DMRC entered into an agreement
• 2009 June: Lucknow traffic pattern was analyzed by a Bangalore company
as per the requirement of DMRC
• 2009 July: DMRC initiated a Geo-technical survey
7. • 2010 April: DMRC submitted the transportation and traffic report
• 2010 May: The traffic issues were consulted between the committee
formed by Chief Secretary of UP Government and DMRC
• 2010 June: The plan of route alignment was submitted by DMRC. The
related departments were coordinated by Lucknow Divisional
commissioner
• 2010 August: Detailed plan of the route was presented by DMRC
• 2010 September: The route was once again consulted between the DMRC
and committee of Divisional Commissioner
8. • 2011 July: The DPR (detailed project report) was submitted
9. • 2013 June: Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav cleared the metro rail network
• 2013 August: The revised DPR prepared by DMRC was approved by UP
government
• 2013 October: The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation came into existence.
The construction was planned to start during December
• 2013 November: DMRC initiated to work on Lucknow Metro and assure
to complete the first phase before February 2017
• 2013 December: The project was approved by Indian Government
10. • 2014 February: E. Sreedharan, the Metro man took the charge as Chief
adviser for Lucknow metro
• 2014 March: Lucknow Metro project was initiated with foundation stone
• 2014 July 10: Union Budget allocate 100 crore rupee towards Lucknow
Metro by Arun Jaitley, Indian Finance Minister
• 2014 September 27: Lucknow Metro construction was initiated
12. Initialisation
OBJECTIVE
oAnalyse the strength and weakness of lucknow metro from socio-economic
perspective.
oModel demand supply curve and various revenue functions.
oEstimate the breakeven for lucknow metro.
14. Initialisation
FUNDING
oTo be built at an estimated cost of Rs 6,928 crore.
oOut of this, the Centre will fund Rs 1,300 crore in the form of equity and
subordinate debt and rest by state government.
17. Phase 1 & 2
oTotal nearly 34 kilometers, will be laid across the city at an estimated cost of
Rs 6,928 crores.
oThe East-West corridor will be from Amausi to Indiranagar
oA 3.4-km elevated track connecting Inter college(GomtiNagar) to Patrakarpuram
be the first to be completed.
oThe North-South corridor will connect Gautam Buddha Marg to Vasant Kunj.
18. Implementation
COST ESTIMATES
oNorth-South Corridor
• Works out to Rs. 4992Crores excluding taxes and duties.
• Estimated total taxes & duties are Rs. 729 Crore.
oCharbagh Railway Station – Vasantkunj
• Works out to Rs. 3723Crores excluding taxes and duties.
• Estimated total taxes & duties are Rs. 572Crore.
19. Cost Estimates
oEstimated cost of Rs 9786.00 Crore with central taxes and land cost.
Sr. No. Name of Corridor Distance
(KMs)
Estimated cost
without taxes
(Rs/Crore)
Estimated cost
with Central taxes & land cost
(Rs/Crore)
1. N-S Corridor
(CCS Airport-Munshipulia)
22.878 4,992.00 5,590.00
2. E-W Corridor
(Charbagh-Vasant Kunj)
11.098 3,723.00 4,196.00
20. Status
oApril 2015 : Work of placing of caps on pillars started.
oMay 2015 : Placing of U-Girders began.
oDecember 2015 : Approximately 56% of the civil work had been completed.
oApril 2016 : 80% of construction work completed.
oDecember 2016 : The first line of Lucknow Metro (Transport Nagar to Charbagh)
is expected to get operational.
oThe trial of metro train at priority section is scheduled to be started in August 2016
and final operation will be started in December 2016.
21. Effects on Environment
oEIA- to predict and qualify the magnitude of impacts, evaluate and asses
the importance of identified changes.
oMain Aim- to decongest the road traffic.
oReduce vehicles on roads and vehicular pollution.
23. Conclusion
oLucknow Metro was awarded the “Best Metro for Excellence in Innovative
Designs”.
oLucknow Metro project competes with the upcoming Kochi Metro Rail
project to be the fastest completing project.
oMetro systems are more reliable,comfortable and safer than roads based
systems.
oMethodology and arguments used to satisfy these systems needs careful
analysis.
