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Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation

Logo: Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Public transport company

Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) is a Government of India enterprise formed in 2008. The agency was formed to oversee the implementation of the Kolkata Metro Green Line, also known as the East–West Metro, connecting the twin cities Kolkata and Howrah. The metro rail route is partly underground, including the part that will be under the river Ganges.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2008Founded1
  • HeadquartersKolkata, India1
  • Websitewww.kmrc.in
  • Legal formPublic Limited Company3
  • LEI894500Q3UK2GNNQ9H1593
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressKMRCL BHAVAN, HRBC OFFICE COMPOUND MUNSHI PREMCHAND SARANI, 700021 Kolkata, India3
  • Registered withMinistry of Corporate Affairs, U60100WB2008GOI1273383

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Photo: Rupturestriker, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) is a Government of India enterprise formed in 2008. The agency was formed to oversee the implementation of the Kolkata Metro Green Line, also known as the East–West Metro, connecting the twin cities Kolkata and Howrah. The metro rail route is partly underground, including the part that will be under the river Ganges. The 16.6 km route has six stations each in underground and elevated portions. The terminal stations are Salt Lake Sector V and the Howrah Maidan. The elevated stretch started operations on 13 February 2020.2

Corporate structure

Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Kolkata, India
    • Salt Lake Sector-V metro station Owned · Bidhannagar, India

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Salt Lake Sector-V metro station

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

How it started

History

KMRC was formed as a joint venture company between two govt bodies, i.e. Government of West Bengal and Government of India on a 50-50 partnership basis. Ministry of Urban Development (now renamed as Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs) holds the shares on behalf of Govt. of India.

On 29 September 2010, it was decided that Govt. of West Bengal withdraws all its shares from KMRC, and Govt. of India will be the shareholder of KMRC along with JICA. Thus Govt. of West Bengal gave all its shares to the Ministry of Railways, and making Kolkata Metro a central government entity again.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Government of India

Also owns

  • Salt Lake Sector-V metro station

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2008Founded Founded1

Sources

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