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{{Use Indian English|date = May 2018}}{{Infobox rail line
| name = East-West Corridor
| color = 0000FF 
| image =
| image_width =
| caption =
| type = [[Rapid transit|Rapid Transit]]
| system = [[Ahmedabad Metro]]
| status = Operational
| locale = [[Ahmedabad]]
| start = [[Thaltej Gam metro station|Thaltej Gam]]
| end = [[Vastral Gam metro station|Vastral Gam]]
| stations = 18 6 (operational)
| daily_ridership =
| open = '''4 March 2019'''
| close =
| operator = [[Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited]]
| character = Elevated & Underground
| stock = [[Hyundai Rotem]]
| linelength = 21.16 km
| tracklength =
| tracks =
| gauge = {{Track gauge|sg}} ([[Standard gauge]])
| electrification = [[25 kV 50 Hz AC]] [[Overhead catenary]]
| speed =
| elevation =
| map = {{Ahmedabad Metro East-West Corridor Route}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
The '''East-West Corridor''' of the [[Ahmedabad metro|Ahmedabad Metro]] is a metro route of mass rapid transit system in [[Ahmedabad]], India. It consists of 18 metro stations from Thaltej Gam to Vastral Gam with a total distance of {{convert|21.16|km|mi|abbr=on}}. Most of the line is elevated.

This corridor will connect Vastral Gam to Thaltej Gam and will be passing through Nirant Cross Road, Vastral, Rabari Colony, Amraiwadi, Apparel Park, Kankaria East, Kalupur Railway Station, Ghee Kanta, Shahpur, Old High Court, Stadium, Commerce Six Road, Gujarat University, Gurukul Road, Doordarshan Kendra, Thaltej stations.

In the East-West corridor, approximately 6.5 km is the underground section with 4 underground stations and the rest is the elevated section with 13 elevated stations. Old High Court station will be an interchange station for both the corridors.

Partial commercial operation of Phase-1 from Vastral Gam to Apparel Park on blue line was inaugurated on '''4 March 2019''' by the Prime Minister of India [[Narendra Modi]] along with Chief Minister of Gujarat [[Vijay Rupani]] & Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat [[Nitinbhai Patel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/industry/infrastructure/pm-narendra-modi-inaugurates-ahmedabad-metro-first-phase-takes-a-ride-1551707985388.html|title=PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Ahmedabad Metro first phase, takes a ride|date=2019-03-04|website=Mint|language=en|access-date=2019-03-08}}</ref>

== List of stations ==
Following is a list of stations on this route-
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="65%"
|-
! style="text-align:center; background:#0000FF;" colspan="8" | '''East-West Corridor'''
|-
! rowspan="2"|#
! colspan="2"|Station Name
! rowspan="2"|Opened
! rowspan="2"|Connections
! rowspan="2"|Layout
|-
! [[English language|English]]||[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
|-
|1||{{metro|Thaltej Gam}}||થલતેજ ગામ||Under Construction||None||Elevated
|-
|2||{{metro|Thaltej}}||થલતેજ||Under Construction||None||Elevated
|-
|3||{{metro|Doordarshan Kendra}}||દૂરદર્શન કેન્દ્ર||Under Construction||None||Elevated
|-
|4||{{metro|Gurukul Road}}||ગુરુકુળ રોડ||Under Construction||None||Elevated
|-
|5||{{metro|Gujarat University}}||ગુજરાત યુનિવર્સિટી||Under Construction||None||Elevated
|-
|6||{{metro|Commerce Six Road}}||કોમર્સ છ રસ્તા||Under Construction||None||Elevated
|-
|7||{{metro|Stadium (Ahmedabad)}}||સ્ટેડિયમ||Under Construction||None||Elevated
|-
|8||{{metro|Old High Court}}||જૂની હાઇ કોર્ટ||Under Construction||{{color box|#FF0000; font-size:100%|[[North-South Corridor (Ahmedabad Metro)|'''North-South Corridor''']]|}}||Elevated
|-
|9||{{metro|Shahpur}}||શાહપુર||Under Construction||None||Underground
|-
|10||{{metro|Gheekanta}}||ઘીકાંટા||Under Construction||None||Underground
|-
|11||{{metro|Kalupur Railway Station}}||કાલુપુર રેલ્વે સ્ટેશન||Under Construction||None||Underground
|-
|12||{{metro|Kankaria East}}||કાંકરિયા પૂર્વ||Under Construction||None||Underground
|-
|13||{{metro|Apparel Park}}||એપેરલ પાર્ક||March 4, 2019||None||Elevated
|-
|14||{{metro|Amraiwadi}}||અમરાઈવાડી||March 4, 2019||None||Elevated
|-
|15||{{metro|Rabari Colony}}||રબારી કોલોની||March 4, 2019||None|||Elevated
|-
|16||{{metro|Vastral}}||વસ્ત્રાલ||March 4, 2019||None||Elevated
|-
|17||{{metro|Nirant Cross Road}}||નિરાંત ક્રોસ રોડ||March 4, 2019||None||Elevated
|-
|18||{{metro|Vastral Gam}}||વસ્ત્રાલ ગામ||March 4, 2019||None||Elevated
|-
|}

==Construction==
The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Limited has divided the construction work of the 20.73 [[km]] long East-West Corridor of Ahmedabad Metro into multiple construction packages.

The list of contractors is as follows:

{| class="sortable wikitable" width=50%
!Sr. No
!Package
!No. of Stations
!Contractor
|-
| 1.
| [[Vastral Gam metro station|Vastral Gam]] – [[Apparel Park metro station|Apparel Park]]
| style="text-align:center;"|Viaduct only
| J. Kumar Infraprojects
|-
| 2.
|[[Vastral Gam metro station|Vastral Gam]] – [[Apparel Park metro station|Apparel Park]]
| style="text-align:center;"|6
| [[Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon|DRA Infracon]]-CICO [[Joint Venture|JV]]
|-
| 3.
| Apparel Park Depot
| style="text-align:center;"|Depot only
| URC Construction
|-
| 4.
| [[Kalupur Railway Station metro station|Kalupur]] – West Ramp
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| [[Larsen and Toubro]]
|-
| 5.
| [[Thaltej metro station|Thaltej]] – [[Thaltej Gam metro station|Thaltej Gam]]
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| [[Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon|DRA Infracon]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://themetrorailguy.com/2020/12/17/dra-infracon-wins-ahmedabad-metros-thaltej-gam-section/ |title=DRA Infracon wins Ahmedabad Metro's Thaltej Gam section |work=The Metro Rail Guy |date=17 December 2017 }}</ref>
|-
| 6.
| East Ramp – [[Kalupur Railway Station metro station|Kalupur]]
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| [[Afcons Infrastructure]]
|}

== References ==
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East-West Corridor (Ahmedabad Metro) - Revision history

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