Lucknow Metro has achieved the distinction of becoming the fastest built metro rail project in the country - both in terms of completion of construction work and execution.
The construction of ‘Priority Section’ of phase-IA started on 27th September 2014 was completed in a record time of less than 3 years and the first trial runs were conducted on 01/12/2016. Metro train operations on this Priority Section, which was developed on an 8.5 km stretch, was flagged off on 05th September 2017. The balance section had 13 stations in which 9 were elevated and the remaining 4 were in the underground section.
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