Kochi metro is a newly inaugurated metro system for south Indian city of Kochi in Kerala, India and is the fastest metro project in India in terms of completion. Kochi metro uses 65metre long Metropolis train sets built and designed by Alstom. Each coach will have three wide doors, with automatic door closing and opening. The capacity of each train is 975 passengers. The Kochi Metro is the first metro system in India to use a communication-based train control (CBTC) system for signalling and telecommunication. KMRL will acquire 20MW of electricity annually, to operate the metro. The electricity will be supplied from the Kaloor substation of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB).
The minimum fare on the Kochi Metro is Rs10 and the maximum is Rs60. The metro line is split into 6 fare zones named F1, F2, F3, F4, F5 and F6, corresponding to a distance that is a multiple of five. The minimum fare of Rs10 applies for the first 2 km, with rates increasing by Rs10 for subsequent fare zone. Metro fares are slightly higher than the fare for Volvo city bus services in Kochi.The metro system will use the Kochi One pre-paid EMV chip smart card, which can also be used on other modes of public transport in the city, including KSRTC and private buses, ferries operated by the SWTD, and the proposed air-conditioned ferries to be operated by the KMRL. The metro is expected to operate with a headway of 10 minutes.
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