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Nation Metro and Rapid Rail

METRO RAIL RIDES ARE AVAILABLE IN

THESE CITIES OF THE COUNTRY

Metro rail
Metro
network under
City Running
construction
(in KMS)
(in KMS)
THE FIRST METRO RAIL NETWORK
'Including
Delhi Namo Bharat BECAME A REALITY IN TWO DECADES
155
and NCR Rapid Rail'
435 The initiative for a metro system was
1969 started through the Metropolitan Transport
Bangalore 77 140 Project in India.
Hyderabad 69 -
1984 km between Esplanade and Bhawanipur in
Kolkata 58 175 The first metro covered a distance of 3.4
Chennai 54 119 Kolkata.

Jaipur 12 - The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) was
1995 established to bring world-class mass rapid
Kochi 28 11
Lucknow 23 - transport to Delhi.
The DMRC launched its first metro corridor
Kanpur 9 24 between Shahdara and Tis Hazari in Delhi.
2002
Agra 6 24 The stage was set for one of the largest
metro networks in the country.
Nagpur 40 44
2011
Pune 33 33 The first section of the Namma Metro
Mumbai 90 176 (Bengaluru Metro) was built.
Thane - 29 The Chennai Metro expanded with the
Ahmedabad / 2017 inauguration of the Green Line section from
59 9 Koyambedu to Nehru Park, a milestone for
Gandhi Nagar
metro development in South India.
Surat - 40
The first phase of the Kochi Metro was
2020
Bhopal - 28 completed. With the commissioning of the
Indore - 32 Thaikudam-Petta section, Kerala became
part of the growing metro network in India.
Patna - 32
2025, another 13 km corridor was added. Now the
Rapid Rail is directly connected to the country's
capital along with covering 11 stations spread over
55 km. The distance of 55 km from New Ashok Nagar
in Delhi to Meerut South is being covered in just 40
minutes. The train is available every 15 minutes in
this section. If you want to travel from start to end
on this section, then you will have to pay Rs 150 for
Driverless Metro: India started its first a standard coach and Rs 225 for a premium coach.
driverless metro service on 28 December
2020 on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Namo Bharat Rapid Rail between Ahmedabad and
Metro of India. Bhuj was launched on September 17, 2024, and
consists of 12 coaches. n

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