13 Facts About Kochi Metro

Kochi Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Kochi in Kerala, India.

In October 2017, Kochi Metro was named the Best Urban Mobility Project in India by the Urban Development Ministry, as part of the Urban Mobility India international conference hosted by the ministry every year.

Kochi Metro was lauded for its decision to employ Kudumbashree workers and members of the transgender community.

Every Kochi Metro station is designed on a specific theme around Kerala culture and geography.

The techno-economic feasibility study for a Metro Rapid Transit System in Kochi was completed in 1999, which was begun in the same year, by Rail India Technological and Economic Services.

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The victory of the United Democratic Front in the 2011 Kerala legislative assembly elections, changed the scenario in the state and it was decided that the Kochi Metro would follow the Chennai Metro and Delhi Metro models, and would be implemented on a joint venture basis, with investments by the Central and State Government.

The 22 proposed stations for the Kochi Metro were approved by the State Cabinet on 19 June 2013.

The Kochi Metro authority said that Canara Bank has taken this project as a special case with their request of interest reduction and provided relaxations on their conditions.

Kochi Metro has encouraged bidding for the naming rights of selected stations.

Interiors and exteriors of the Kochi Metro stations are decorated with references to local culture.

Kochi Metro uses 65-metre long Metropolis train sets built and designed by Alstom.

Kochi Metro is the first metro system in India to use a communication-based train control system for signalling and telecommunication.

In January 2012, in response to the Kerala government's decision to have the Kochi Metro project go through a global tender, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, of the opposition party the Communist Party of India, accused Chief Minister Oommen Chandy of trying to oust the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.