Jaipur Metro is fastest built metro systems

Jaipur Metro, touted as one of the fastest built metro systems in the country, was thrown open to public on Wednesday. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje flagged off the inaugural train on 9.6 km long route from Mansarovar to Chandpole. Raje along with ministers, officers and supporters travelled in the train from Mansarovar to Chandpole and alighted at Civil Lines station while returning. After the opening ceremony, the Jaipur Metro commenced its regular commercial operations from all its 9 stations-- Mansarovar, New Aatish Market, Vivek Vihar, Shyam Nagar, Ram Nagar, Civil Lines, Railway Station, Sindhi Camp and Chandpole. As per the time table issued by the JMRC for first three months, trains will operate from Mansarovar to Chandpole and from Chandpole to Mansarovar at a frequency of 10 to 15 minutes from 6.45 AM to 9 PM every day. The fare structure varies for peak and off-peak hours. They have been fixed in multiples of Rs 5 and a flat discount of Rs 5 has been offered for off-peak hours. To encourage people to travel in the metro, upto 15 per cent discount has been offered on smart cards, which can be recharged using Jaipur Metro website or Ticket Vending Machines installed at all stations. Two types of tourist cards, one-day tour card and three-day tour card, have been introduced, which can be used for unlimited number of trips during the day(s) of their validity, the JMRC said. For effective execution of the project in its initial stages, the total work of Phase-1 was divided into two parts- Phase-1A and Phase-1B. The phase 1A is from Mansarovar to Chandpole, opened today, while work on phase 1B from Chandpole to Badi Chaupad is underway. The project, which was initiated by the previous government and fully funded by the state government and its agencies, has commissioned in about 4 years and a quarter with estimated cost of Rs 2,023 crore and is one of the fastest project implementations in the metro sector, the JMRC said. A double-decked elevated corridor, common for the metro and BRTS, is one of features of the civil structure of the Jaipur Metro.