Kochi Metro’s second phase, from JLN Stadium to Infopark-Kakkanad, will be
known as ‘Pink Line’ and involve only digital tickets. Work on the 11.3-km-long
elevated line, with a total of 11 stations, is likely to begin by the end of this year.
The commissioning of the Pink Line is expected by December 2025. The Pink
Line will have only digital tickets. The move is to promote paperless ticketing.
The name Pink Line will emphasise the safety of women passengers working at
Infopark who often have to walk several kilometres or rely on cabs, especially
during night time.
Unlike Phase-1, precast method will be adopted in the construction of stations to
speed up the civil construction work in the second phase. Approximately, six
hectares of precast yard have been identified at HMT Kalamasery.
The stations on the stretch are: JLN Stadium (new station box); Palarivattom
Junction; Palarivattom Bypass; Chembumukku; Vazhakkala; Padamughal;
Kakkanad Junction; Cochin Sez; Chittethukara; Kinfra (formerly Rajagiri);
InfoPark -1/Smart City-1; and InfoPark-2 / Smart City-2. Of the 11 stations, four
will have direct entry to the platform from ground level, avoiding the concourse
floor. This is to reduce the access time.
Phase-2 will have two special spans — steel truss of more than 60m each (similar to
the one constructed between Milma and Tripunithura in Phase-1). In Phase-2, one
will be at the Palarivattom bypass crossing, and the other at the existing Phase-1
crossing at St Martin Church, Palarivattom.
