Rapid transit in India
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Rapid Transit
in India
consists of Metro
s, one Metro-like elevated
Urban Rail system and Monorail
s. The first modern rapid transit in India was the Kolkata Metro Railway
, with operations starting in 1984. Chennai MRTS
acts as second urban mass transit system since 1997 and differs from country's other MRTS suburban systems. The Delhi Metro
in the capital city of New Delhi
is India's third operational rapid transit and second conventional metro beginning operations in 2002.The Namma Metro in Bangalore
is India's fourth operational rapid transit beginning operations in 2011.In 2009 it was decided to invest 2 Lakh Crores or 2 Trillions on metro rail projects in next ten years. It is planned that all Indian cities having population more that 2 million will have metro rail system. Currently, rapid transit systems have been deployed in these cities and more are under construction or in planning in several major cities of India.
will be the first monorail
in India
(excluding the Skybus Metro Test Track in Goa) since the Patiala State Monorail Trainways
closed in 1927. The first portion of the first line is scheduled to be operational by December 2010. Many other Indian cities have Monorail projects, as a feeder system to the Metro, in different phases of planning.
Green background for the systems that are under-construction. Blue background for the systems that are currently in planning.
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
consists of Metro
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
s, one Metro-like elevated
Elevated railway
An elevated railway is a form of rapid transit railway with the tracks built above street level on some form of viaduct or other steel or concrete structure. The railway concerned may be constructed according to the standard gauge, narrow gauge, light rail, monorail or suspension railway system...
Urban Rail system and Monorail
Monorail
A monorail is a rail-based transportation system based on a single rail, which acts as its sole support and its guideway. The term is also used variously to describe the beam of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam or track...
s. The first modern rapid transit in India was the Kolkata Metro Railway
Kolkata Metro
The Kolkata Metro or Calcutta Metro is a mass rapid transit system serving the city of Kolkata and the districts of South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas in Indian state of West Bengal. The network consists of one operational line and five lines currently under construction...
, with operations starting in 1984. Chennai MRTS
Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai)
The Chennai MRTS is an elevated line of the urban mass rapid transit system in Chennai , India. The line currently runs within the city from Chennai Beach to Velachery, covering a distance of 25 km with 21 stations...
acts as second urban mass transit system since 1997 and differs from country's other MRTS suburban systems. The Delhi Metro
Delhi Metro
Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system serving Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of India. It is one of the largest metro networks in the world. The network consists of six lines with a total length of with 142 stations of which 35 are underground...
in the capital city of New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
is India's third operational rapid transit and second conventional metro beginning operations in 2002.The Namma Metro in Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
is India's fourth operational rapid transit beginning operations in 2011.In 2009 it was decided to invest 2 Lakh Crores or 2 Trillions on metro rail projects in next ten years. It is planned that all Indian cities having population more that 2 million will have metro rail system. Currently, rapid transit systems have been deployed in these cities and more are under construction or in planning in several major cities of India.
Metro
Green background for the systems that are under-construction. Blue background for the systems that are currently in planning.| System | Local Name | City | Opening Date | No of Lines | No of Lines under construction | Notes |
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| Kolkata Metro Railway Kolkata Metro The Kolkata Metro or Calcutta Metro is a mass rapid transit system serving the city of Kolkata and the districts of South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas in Indian state of West Bengal. The network consists of one operational line and five lines currently under construction... |
কলকাতা মেট্রো রেল | Kolkata Kolkata Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India... |
1984 | 1 line | 5 lines | First Mass Rapid Transit System in India. Broad gauge Broad gauge Broad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :... 750VDC 3-rail Third rail A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track. It is used typically in a mass transit or rapid transit system, which has alignments in its own corridors, fully or almost... . |
| Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai) The Chennai MRTS is an elevated line of the urban mass rapid transit system in Chennai , India. The line currently runs within the city from Chennai Beach to Velachery, covering a distance of 25 km with 21 stations... |
சென்னை எம் ஆர் டி எஸ | Chennai Chennai Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India... |
1987 | 1 line | Urban Mass Rapid Transit System within city, fully separate from Chennai Suburban Railway Chennai suburban railway Chennai suburban railway is a commuter rail system in the Indian city of Chennai operated by the Southern Railway. Chennai has a complex railway network. The system uses electrical multiple units operating on alternating current drawn from over-head cables through the catenary system... . Broad gauge Broad gauge Broad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :... . |
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| Delhi Metro Delhi Metro Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system serving Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of India. It is one of the largest metro networks in the world. The network consists of six lines with a total length of with 142 stations of which 35 are underground... |
दिल्ली मेट्रो | Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census... |
2002 | 7 lines | 1 line | Broad gauge Broad gauge Broad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :... & Standard gauge Standard gauge The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge... 25kV AC |
| Namma Metro | ನಮ್ಮ ಮೆಟ್ರೊ | Bangalore Bangalore Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and... |
2011 | 1 line | 1 line | Standard gauge Standard gauge The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge... 750VDC 3-rail Third rail A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track. It is used typically in a mass transit or rapid transit system, which has alignments in its own corridors, fully or almost... . The proposed Bangalore High-Speed Rail Link Bangalore High-Speed Rail Link The Bangalore High-Speed Rail Link is a proposed railway line to connect the city center with Bengaluru International Airport . The $1.2bn project will run along the National Highway 7 and cover a distance of 35 km from MG Road up to the BIA.... will be managed by Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation instead of having a separate body. |
| Mumbai Metro Mumbai Metro The Mumbai Metro is a rapid transit system being built in Mumbai, India's largest city. The system is designed to reduce the rapidly-growing city's congestion problems, and will be built in three phases over a 15-year period, with overall completion expected in 2021... |
मुंबई मेट्रो | Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million... |
2011 | 1 line | Standard gauge Standard gauge The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge... 25kV AC |
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| Navi Mumbai Metro Navi Mumbai Metro The Navi Mumbai Metro is a rapid transit system under construction in the Indian city of Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. The completed system will consist of six elevated rail corridors covering a total distance of... |
नवी मुंबई मेट्रो | Navi Mumbai Navi Mumbai Navi Mumbai is a Planned Satellite City on the west coast of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was developed in 1972 as a twin city of Mumbai, and is the largest planned city on the planet, with under the jurisdiction of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and a total area of . Navi Mumbai... |
December 2013 | 1 line | Standard gauge Standard gauge The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge... 25kV AC |
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| Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon | रापिड मेट्रो रेल गुड़गांव | Gurgaon Gurgaon Gurgaon is the second largest city in the Indian state of Haryana. Gurgaon is the industrial and financial center of Haryana. It is located 30 km south of national capital New Delhi, about 10 kilometers from Dwarka Sub City and 268 km south of Chandigarh, the state capital... |
2013 | 1 line | Standard gauge Standard gauge The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge... 750VDC 3-rail Third rail A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track. It is used typically in a mass transit or rapid transit system, which has alignments in its own corridors, fully or almost... |
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| Jaipur Metro Jaipur Metro The Jaipur Metro is a rapid transit under construction in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Construction of the first part of the first line, comprising 9.2 km from Mansarovar to Chandpol, started on November 13, 2010.- Background :... |
जयपुर मेट्रो | Jaipur Jaipur Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million.... |
2013 | 1 line | Standard gauge Standard gauge The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge... |
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| Chennai Metro Chennai Metro The Chennai Metro is a rapid transit system in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The Phase I of the project consisting of two corridors is under construction. The elevated section of the project is scheduled to be operational by 2013 and the entire project is scheduled to be completed by the financial... |
சென்னை மெட்ரோ | Chennai Chennai Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India... |
2014 | 2 lines | Standard gauge Standard gauge The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge... 25kV AC |
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| Hyderabad Metro | హైదరాబాద్ మెట్రో / | Hyderabad | 2014 | 3 lines | First phase had to be completed by 2011. Delayed by 3 years due to the Satyam controversy. Standard gauge Standard gauge The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge... 750VDC 3-rail Third rail A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track. It is used typically in a mass transit or rapid transit system, which has alignments in its own corridors, fully or almost... |
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| Pune Metro Pune Metro Pune Metro is a proposed metro rail project in the city of Pune, India, and its surrounding Metropolitan Area. The preparation of project Report work was undertaken by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in 2007, and has identified three prospective routes in the area. The project is expected to be... |
पुणे मेट्रो | Pune Pune Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ... |
Standard gauge Standard gauge The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge... |
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| Kochi Metro Kochi metro The Kochi Metro is a proposed rapid transit system for the city of Kochi, in India. It was proposed in the year 2005 but was delayed due to the reason that the union government expressing serious doubts about the economic viability of the project. The alignment was created by the DMRC and is... |
കൊച്ചി മെട്രോ റെയിൽവേ | Kochi | 2017 | 1 line | Gauge unknown | |
| MetroLink Express Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) | મેટ્રોલિંક એક્સપ્રેસ ગાંધીનગર અને અમદાવાદ (મેગા) | Gandhinagar & Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad... |
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| Chandigarh Metro Chandigarh Metro Chandigarh Metro is the proposed mass-transit rail system for the Indian city of Chandigarh.- Corridors :The following 7 corridors have been suggested by RITES and has been given "in principle" approval by Urban Development Ministry.... |
चण्डीगढ़ मेट्रो / ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ ਮੇਟ੍ਰੋ | Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city... |
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| Lucknow Metro Lucknow Metro The Lucknow Metro , is a proposed rapid transit system in the Indian city of Lucknow that has to be built and is operated by the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Limited . The proposed and passed metro rail track consitutes of two lines, one from Amausi to Munshi Pulia & the other from Vasant kunj to... |
लखनऊ मेट्रो / | Lucknow Lucknow Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division.... |
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| Ludhiana Metro Ludhiana Metro Ludhiana Metro is a rapid transit system being built in Ludhiana, Punjab. The first corridor of Ludhiana Metro will be 15.798 km long having 14 stations. The second corridor will be 13.035 km long with 13 stations. It will cost around... |
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| Kanpur Metro Kanpur Metro The Kanpur Metro is an mass rapid transit system for the city of Kanpur.The project is on under the approval of ministry of Uttar Pradesh & Government of India.-Corridors:... |
कानपुर मेट्रो / | Kanpur | Standard gauge Standard gauge The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge... 750VDC 3-rail Third rail A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track. It is used typically in a mass transit or rapid transit system, which has alignments in its own corridors, fully or almost... |
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| Patna Metro Patna Metro Patna Metro is the proposed Mass Rapid Transit system for the City of Patna in Bihar. On Sep 14 2011, The Planning Commission of India gave nod to Patna Metro. The Metro rail will be introduced on two routes under the public-private partnership mode. The Metro rail will run on two routes:- Dak... |
पटना मेट्रो | Patna Patna Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world... |
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| Indore Metro Indore Metro The Indore Metro is a rapid transit proposed for the city of Indore, India. The total system consists of 8 corridors covering a distance of 180 km. This project will cost approximately.-External Reference:**... |
इंदौर मेट्रो | Indore Indore Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631... |
Standard gauge Standard gauge The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge... 25kV AC |
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| Bhopal Metro Bhopal Metro The Bhopal Metro is a rapid transit proposed for the city of Bhopal, India. The total system consists of 6 corridors covering a distance of 50 km. This project will cost approximately.-External Reference:**... |
भोपाल मेट्रो | Bhopal | Standard gauge Standard gauge The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge... 25kV AC |
Monorail
Monorails in India are generally considered as feeder systems for the Metro. The Mumbai MonorailMumbai Monorail
The Mumbai Monorail is a monorail system currently under construction for the city of Mumbai, India. Once completed it will be world’s second longest Monorail corridor. It is being contracted by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and will be the first monorail in India...
will be the first monorail
Monorail
A monorail is a rail-based transportation system based on a single rail, which acts as its sole support and its guideway. The term is also used variously to describe the beam of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam or track...
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
(excluding the Skybus Metro Test Track in Goa) since the Patiala State Monorail Trainways
Patiala State Monorail Trainways
Patiala State Monorail Trainways was a unique rail guided, partially road-borne railways system running in Patiala in the State of Punjab from 1907 to 1927.Unusual railways by Mr. J. R. Day and Mr. B. G...
closed in 1927. The first portion of the first line is scheduled to be operational by December 2010. Many other Indian cities have Monorail projects, as a feeder system to the Metro, in different phases of planning.
Green background for the systems that are under-construction. Blue background for the systems that are currently in planning.
| System | City | Opening date | System length (km) | No of lines |
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| Mumbai Monorail Mumbai Monorail The Mumbai Monorail is a monorail system currently under construction for the city of Mumbai, India. Once completed it will be world’s second longest Monorail corridor. It is being contracted by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and will be the first monorail in India... |
Mumbai | 2011 | 20 | 2 |
| Chennai Monorail Chennai Monorail - History :The Tamil Nadu Government invited bids for the over-ambitious 'Elevated Monorail Mass Rapid Transit System' monorail project covering over 300 km to be implemented at a single phase in February 2006... |
Chennai Chennai Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India... |
2014 | 111 (Phase I) | 4 |
| Bangalore Monorail Bangalore Monorail -Lines:The Comprehensive Traffic & Transportation Plan for Bangalore has proposed four lines of Light rail or Monorail, totalling 60 km, to act as feeder services for the Metro under construction.The proposed routes with a total are :... |
Bangalore Bangalore Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and... |
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| Delhi Monorail Delhi Monorail -Lines:There are three lines proposed in phase I are as follows:*From Rohini Sector 21 to Red Fort via Wazir Pur - Shakti Nagar - Anand Parbat - Ajmeri Gate - Delhi Gate Length of this line would be 28.5 km... |
Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census... |
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| Kolkata Monorail Kolkata Monorail Kolkata Monorail is a rail-based transit project planned for the Indian city of Kolkata. It is the First awarded Monorail project in India before Mumbai. The Kolkata-based Andromeda Technologies has received the order for building a monorail public transport system.- Phase I :Corridor 1: Budge... |
Kolkata Kolkata Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India... |
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| Navi Mumbai Monorail Navi Mumbai Monorail -Network:There are 2 lines proposed at cost of .Phase 1*Koparkhairane to Chembur. This stretch will cost .*Kalyan to Mahape. This route will cost .-Reference:... |
Navi Mumbai Navi Mumbai Navi Mumbai is a Planned Satellite City on the west coast of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was developed in 1972 as a twin city of Mumbai, and is the largest planned city on the planet, with under the jurisdiction of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and a total area of . Navi Mumbai... |
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| Pune Monorail Pune Monorail -Network:There are 2 lines proposed to built.* On Inner Ring Road will be 30 KM long route.*Warje to Kharadi will be 22 KM long route.-Reference:... |
Pune Pune Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ... |
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| Patna Monorail Patna Monorail Patna Monorail is a proposed monorail system for the city of Patna.-Network:There are 4 lines proposed to be built. RITES, the consultancy arm of indian railways has begun soil inspection aswell as ground survey for the monorail network.* Patna Junction to Gandhi Maidan.* Patna Junction to... |
Patna Patna Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world... |
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| Indore Monorail Indore Monorail The Indore Monorail is a rapid transit proposed for the city of Indore, India. The state government is currently conducting a feasibility study with the help of DMRC... |
Indore Indore Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631... |
See also
- List of tram and light-rail transit systems
- List of bus rapid transit systems
- List of rapid transit systems
- Skybus MetroSkybus MetroSkybus Metro is a modern suspended railway invented by Indian technologist Mr B Rajaram. Due to its eco-friendly, noise-free and economical operation it is has not only been seen with interest in cities in India but also by different cities in Europe and America.-Classification in India:Sky Bus...
- High speed rail in India