Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh capital city welcomed the first batch of Metro rail coaches on Saturday, said a LMRC spokesperson.
Four Lucknow Metro coaches have reached the city in evening at the Transport Nagar Metro Depot, which was received by Kumar Keshav, Managing Director of Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC).
It may be mentioned that the first batch of Lucknow Metro train with four coaches was handed over to Uttar Pradesh government at the manufacturing unit of Alstom in Chennai on November 4.
UP Commercial Tax minister Yasser Shah along with Alok Ranjan, the consultant to the Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Secretary Rahul Bhatnagar and a team of Metro officers received the keys of the first set of Metro rolling stock for Lucknow metro rail project at the Alstom factory premises in Sri City.
See photos in slides: