Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today inaugurated the first phase of the Patna Metro Rail Service today. He travelled on the route from the New Pataliputra Bus Terminal to Bhootnath Station. The phase of the approximately 3.6-kilometre-long elevated metro corridor has been named the Priority Corridor. In this phase, metro services will operate from the Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT) to Bhootnath Station. After a wait of six years, the first phase of the Patna Metro Rail Service is finally being inaugurated.

 

 

The construction work for the metro rail project was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February 2019. Metro rides for passengers will begin from tomorrow. The state paramilitary police, the Bihar State Auxiliary Police (B-SAP), has been entrusted with the metro’s security. Each train, consisting of three coaches, can accommodate around 900 passengers per trip.