Cities of India

Metro rail network in India as of Jan 2025 (Operational + Under construction only) Delhi with 400 km+ continues to be on par with global big cities. Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai will have around 200 km network in the coming few years.

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In Part 3 of the public transport in Indian Cities, we cover the suburban rail network across all cities. The local/ electric train as it is fondly called is a heartbeat for the 3 colonial cities and also a major reason why traffic isn't bad as Bengaluru in these cities. 1/6

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The most efficient bus networks globally have high fleet size, high frequency, affordable and good integration between other modes of transport. London, Paris, Singapore are great examples. India should move towards the same with increased funding and better planning.

In part 2 of public transport of Indian cities, we cover the most important network for a city - bus network. And the city bus fleet in India is just NOT ENOUGH. Global benchmark is at 800-1000 buses per million people but even the top ranking Indian city is at only half of it.

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This is so surprising. Chennai has an extensive suburban rail network around 500kms ( which includes nearby districts if I am not wrong). So sure what is the core suburban kms covered . Inspite of that , they are planning a 100km+ metro rail network. Can you share the metro rail network+ suburban rail network of major Indian cities?

Metro rail network in India as of Jan 2025 (Operational + Under construction only) Delhi with 400 km+ continues to be on par with global big cities. Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai will have around 200 km network in the coming few years.

@SaktiGounder265 Yes, almost all cities have good pipeline in approved and proposed stages, majorly led by Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai.

@CitiesIndian Chennai has some more under planning as well

@vindvr Unfortunately, you are right.

@CitiesIndian Hyderabad getting absolutely cooked if they don't get their metro game right.

@_darkinfinity Apologies for the error. Pune should be in 9th rank and not 6th based on total network.

@CitiesIndian then why is Pun at 6th position ?

@Kadungaappi Yes, one for the future, getting suburban rail network within the city borders appears to be a challenge since all info pertains to overall network length which can be misleading. A challenge but can be done since only 3 cities- Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai have a good network.

@CitiesIndian Please add existing sub urban network as well to see a true picture of public transit network in each city.

@_darkinfinity Based on total network (Operational + Under constrcituon) in the coming years

@CitiesIndian Ranked them based on what ?

@uniquemanhere Yes, but wanted to include only operational and under construction (near future) since lot of approved projects don't see the light or takes atleast 6-7 years to become reality/operational. Other notable approvals include Blr Phase 3, Hyd Phase 2, Delhi, Kolkata and Nagpur.

@CitiesIndian Add 32 kms to Chennai New lines have been approved 1- cmbt to avadi 2- airport to kmbt

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