Kolkata Metro Railway to join elite metro systems by replacing steel third rail with composite aluminium ones
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): Kolkata Metro is set to join the elite metro club of London, Moscow, Berlin, Munich and Istanbul, which have composite aluminium third rail instead of those made of steel.
Kolkata Metro Railway, India's first Metro built by Indian Railways on October 24, 1984, has been serving as a lifeline for Kolkata, the city of Joy for nearly 40 long years, the Ministry of Railways said. "In Kolkata