The Blue Line of the Ahmedabad Metro is the first metro line of the Ahmedabad city's mass rapid transit rail. It consists of 18 metro stations, starting from Vastral Gam and ending at Thaltej Gam, with a total distance of , with most of the it being elevated.
History
The ground breaking ceremony was held on 14 March 2015 for the construction of long Vastral – Apparel Park stretch of Blue Line of the Phase-1 in presence of then Gujarat Chief Minister, Anandiben Patel. The work started in March 2016. The trial runs were carried out on the section in February 2019. The section was inaugurated on 4 March 2019 by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel. It opened to the public on 6 March 2019. Except -long Thaltej-Thaltej Gam section and two metro stations, Thaltej Gam and Kankaria East, the Phase-1 was inaugurated on 30 September 2022 by Prime Minister Modi. The Blue Line was opened to public on 2 October 2022. On opening day, total 41,700 tickets were sold, generating revenue of , and total 72 trips were made. On next day, 17,000 people travelled on 44 trips. The Kankaria East station was opened on 5 March 2024. Thaltej Gam station and adjoining 1.4 km (0.870 mi)-long section leading to Thaltej station were opened on 8 December 2024.
Under Phase 3A, the Blue Line will be extended from Thaltej Gam to Godhavi with two distinct elevated corridors with total long corridor with nine stations: 3.313 km long Thaltej Gam to Canal Road Metro Station corridor with three elevated stations and 7.505 km long Canal Road Metro Station to Godhavi Metro-cum-Rapid Rail Transit System hybrid corridor with six stations. This extension will connect to upcoming SWASA (South West Ahmedabad Sports Arena) and further to Sanand.
Features While connecting Vastral Gam to Thaltej Gam, this line will be passing through Nirant Cross Road, Vastral, Rabari Colony, Amraiwadi, Apparel Park, Kankaria East, Kalupur Railway Station, Ghee Kanta, Shahpur, Old High Court, Stadium, Commerce Six Road, Gujarat University, Gurukul Road, Doordarshan Kendra, Thaltej and Thaltej Gam stations.
The total distance of the corridor is with most of the it being elevated. The underground section is approximately in length with 4 underground stations, while the elevated section has 14 elevated stations. Old High Court station serves as an interchange station for the Blue Line and Red Line.
The underground section is constructed about 22 metre deep at the lowest level near Gheekanta station. The other three underground stations are about 12-14 metres deep.
List of stations Following is a list of stations on this route: Blue Line#Station NameOpeningConnectionsLayout EnglishGujarati1થલતેજ ગામ8 December 2024NoneElevated2થલતેજNoneElevated3દૂરદર્શન કેન્દ્ર30 September 2022NoneElevated4ગુરુકુલ રોડ30 September 2022 Ahmedabad BRTSElevated5ગુજરાત યુનિવર્સિટી30 September 2022NoneElevated6કોમર્સ છ રસ્તા30 September 2022NoneElevated7એસ પી સ્ટેડિયમ30 September 2022NoneElevated8જૂની હાઇ કોર્ટ30 September 2022Elevated9શાહપુર30 September 2022NoneUnderground10ઘીકાંટા30 September 2022NoneUnderground11Kalupurકાલુપુર30 September 2022 Ahmedabad Junction Ahmedabad HSR (under-construction)Underground12કાંકરિયા પૂર્વ5 March 2024NoneUnderground13એપેરલ પાર્ક4 March 2019NoneElevated14અમરાઈવાડી18 May 2019NoneElevated15રબારી કોલોની4 March 2019 Ahmedabad BRTSElevated16વસ્ત્રાલ4 March 2019NoneElevated17નિરાંત ક્રોસ રોડ4 March 2019NoneElevated18વસ્ત્રાલ ગામ4 March 2019NoneElevated
Construction The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Limited has divided the construction work of the 20.73 km long Blue Line of Ahmedabad Metro into multiple construction packages.
The list of contractors is as follows:
Sr. NoPackage No. of StationsContractor 1. Vastral Gam – Apparel ParkViaduct only J. Kumar Infraprojects 2.Vastral Gam – Apparel Park6 DRA Infracon-CICO JV 3. Apparel Park DepotDepot only URC Construction 4. Kalupur – West Ramp2 Larsen and Toubro 5. Thaltej – Thaltej Gam2 DRA Infracon 6. East Ramp – Kalupur2 Afcons Infrastructure
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