Urban rail transit in India

Cities in India with various Urban Transit Systems. Transit boxes are clickable upon viewing the original svg file.
The Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro
India's modern regional rail system in Meerut, the RapidX
Mylapore MRTS station in Chennai. The suburban rail is the largest urban transit mode in India by ridership.

Urban rail transit in India plays an important role in intracity transportation in the major cities which are highly populated. It consists of rapid transit, suburban rail, monorail, and tram systems.

According to a report published in 2021, a total of 2.63 billion people traveled annually in metro systems across India's fifteen major cities, placing the country as one of the busiest urban rapid transit hubs in the world in terms of commuters. As of 2024, the cumulative length of 923.2 kilometres (573.6 miles) of seventeen metro systems in India makes it the third longest in operation in the world.[1]

The Ministry of Urban Development's Urban Transport wing is the nodal division for coordination, appraisal, and approval of Urban Transport matters including Metro Rail Projects at the central level. All the interventions in urban transport by the Ministry of Urban Development are carried out as per the provisions of the National Urban Transport Policy, 2006.[2]

The Delhi Meerut RRTS is the fastest Urban Transit system in India currently that can run at a speed of 160 kmph with average operational speed of 100 kmph.

  1. ^ "One crore passengers riding metro systems per day in India: Hardeep Singh Puri". 27 October 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Urban Transport". Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.