🚆 Railways & Public Transport · Gantt
Metro Line Construction Timeline
A simplified 4-year plan for building a new metro line, from approvals and land acquisition to civil works, systems and commercial opening.
Drawing diagram…
What this diagram shows
- Land acquisition runs alongside detailed design
- Signalling and trial runs start before stations are finished
- Safety certification gates the opening
Prompt used
Gantt chart for a 20 km metro line: detailed project report and approvals, land acquisition, tunnel and viaduct civil works, station construction, track laying, electrification, signalling and telecom, rolling stock delivery, trial runs, safety certification and commercial opening.
Mermaid code
gantt title New Metro Line - 20 km dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD axisFormat %Y section Planning DPR and approvals :a1, 2026-04-01, 180d Land acquisition :a2, after a1, 300d section Civil works Viaduct construction :b1, after a1, 540d Tunnel boring :b2, after a2, 480d Station construction :b3, after a2, 600d section Systems Track laying :c1, after b1, 180d Electrification :c2, after c1, 150d Signalling and telecom :c3, after c1, 240d Rolling stock delivery :c4, 2028-06-01, 240d section Opening Trial runs :d1, after c3, 90d Safety certification :d2, after d1, 45d Commercial opening :milestone, d3, after d2, 0d
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