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TOP THREE COUNTRIES
WITH THE LONGEST
METRO NETWORKS

China 4,201 km
United States 1,408 km
India 1,000+ km
OPERATING METRO NETWORK IN INDIA KOCHI WATER METRO BECAME THE
PRIDE OF INDIA
2014 248 km 5 cities
Kochi in Kerala is the first city in the country to
2024 1,000 km 23 cities launch the water metro project. It connects 10
islands around the city with electric hybrid boats.
MORE THAN 1,000 km of new metro routes The first boat was launched here in December
in the country are
2021. After this, in April 2023, Prime Minister
operating now
Narendra Modi dedicated it to the nation. It
was started with 23 electric boats, which will be
AVERAGE 01 increased to 78. This entire system works like a
PASSE- 26 metro network. People can also travel in it on the
NGERS CRORE + LAKH token of Kochi Metro.
PER DAY 2024 2013-14 THE FUTURE OF METRO TRAVEL IS SWADESHI

6 KM OF NEW METRO NETWORK IS BEING
ADDED EVERY MONTH MORE 1,000 First Make in India
driverless metro
THAN train set handed
600 M over to Delhi Metro
before metro coaches were
2014 produced in 5 years Rail Corporation
6 KM
2024 METRO MANUFACTURED IN INDIA, IS READY
FOR THE WORLD

n Delhi Metro is building a metro rail system in
Bangladesh.
n Provided consultancy services in Jakarta.
India's first
n Exported metro coaches to Canada and
underwater
Australia.
metro in
Kolkata is
step towards high-speed connectivity. Prime Minister
a marvel of
Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the
engineering!
Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor on March 8, 2019.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
The construction of a 17 km section of this corridor
himself took
between Sahibabad and Duhai in Ghaziabad was also
a ride on this
completed before the scheduled time of June 2025.
historic route,
Here on October 20, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra
ushering in
Modi also inaugurated the country's first rapid rail.
a new era
In this section, a distance of 17 km is being covered
in public
transport.
in just 12 minutes. By December 2024, Namo Bharat
Rapid Rail has been started on a 42 km stretch
between Sahibabad and Meerut South. In January
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