Urban rail transit in India consists of various modes of rail basedPublic transport systems inurban areas of India, such asMetro,Suburban rail,Monorail,Regional rapid rail, andTram.

Presence of Metro rail in India began with commissioning of the first system in Kolkata in 1984. They were later introduced gradually in other cities like Delhi and Bengaluru, thus eventually becoming popular in all urban agglomerations.

According to a report published in 2025, a total of 36.5 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. In 2025, the Delhi Metro alone carries an average of 46.3 lakh (4.63 million) passengers daily, and the Delhi-Meerut RRTS has an operational speed of 160 kmph. Across all metro systems in India, daily ridership is expected to be significantly higher, possibly exceeding 10 million. As of 2025, the cumulative length of 1,035.74kilometres (643.58miles) of eighteen metro systems in India makes it thethird longest in operation in the world.^[1][2]

TheMinistry 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 under the provisions of the National Urban Transport Policy, 2006.^[3]

Currently, theDelhi-Meerut RRTS is the fastest urban rail transit system in India, featuring an operational speed of 160 kmph and an average speed (including stoppage time) of 100 kmph.

Indian cities have various types of urban transit systems operational, under construction and planned. These systems are being implemented based on the population of a city, financial feasibility and demand.

^† Note: Suburban rail in India utilises the broad gauge network of Indian Railways and mostly shares the network and infrastructure with the rest of Indian Railway services.
^‡ Note: Light Rail systems are mostly fenced and can be built with complete right of way if preferred so.

• Metro: The rapid transit or popularly known as metro in India, is an urban high-capacity rail system, commonly operated inmetropolitan cities. These systems are segregated fromIndian Railways and have theirright-of-way.
• Suburban rail: Suburban rail or popularly known as local train system in India, is an urban rail transit system where thesuburbs are connected to the city's centre. These systems are linked to and operated byIndian Railways. Example:Mumbai Suburban Railway
• Medium-capacity rail: It is a rapid transit (metro) system which has a capacity higher thanlight rail but lower thanrapid transit system to serve a medium demand. It is built considering the future rise in demand, so that it can be converted into a regular metro. Example:Rapid Metro Gurgaon
• Light rail: Light rail which is also known as Metro Lite is used in cities that have low demand. It is a combination ofrapid transit andtram systems. It has a higher capacity and speed compared to tram services and has dedicated tracks that are mostly fenced. Example:Srinagar Metro
• Monorail: This system has trains running on a single rail/beam. It has found its application inmedium capacity transport. The system however finds use case in specific scenarios such as the need for a higher capacity system on hilly terrains or in cities with tighter spaces where a surface level light rail or elevated metro would not be possible. However rake procurement and quick emergency evacuation issues remain. Example:Mumbai Monorail
• Regional rapid rail : This system is operated either between two similarly sized cities, which are close to each other or between a larger city and smaller cities lying nearby. Example:Delhi–Meerut RRTS
• Tram: These systems are one of the oldest modes of urban transport in India. They are low capacity, slow-moving trains which run on tracks that are embedded in the urban streets. Example:Kolkata Tram

• Bus Rapid Transit : TheBus Rapid Transit systems in India use conventional buses or high capacity buses and have their own right-of-way, separated from the rest of the traffic. Example:Ahmedabad Bus Rapid Transit System
• Metro Neo : These are the Bus Rapid Transit systems that useoverhead wires with power supply, similar to atrolleybus but with a higher capacity. They also have either a complete or partial right-of-way. Example:Greater Nashik Metro
• Water Metro : A water-based urban transit system usually implemented in cities which are situated on river banks. These systems are basically integratedferry systems. Example:Kochi Water Metro
• Aerial lift : A ropeway/cableway system which is usually implemented on tourist and hilly regions. However, due its low cost and footprint during construction, it is being considered as a low capacity urban transportation solution where the demand is not high and where the spaces are too tight for an elevated Metro or surface level Light rail. Example:Kashi ropeway

The first-ever mode of the urban rail transit system in India wascommuter rail (or suburban rail), built inMumbai on 16 April 1853. The first passenger train was flagged off fromBori Bunder (present-dayChhatrapati Shivaji Terminus inMumbai) from where it travelled toThane, covering a distance of 34 km in an hour and fifteen minutes. This made it theAsia's firstsuburban railway.^[4] At the turn of the 20th century, tram systems began to sprawl across the four major cities of India, viz. Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai, and helped local population to meet their intracity transportation needs. Horse-drawntram was first introduced inKolkata in 1873 and the electric trams began to operate inChennai in 1895, later the cities ofMumbai,Kanpur, andDelhi saw trams being introduced. These services were discontinued in all Indian cities between 1933 and 1964, except forKolkata where they operate on streets to the present day as heritage.^[5]

In September 1919, during a session of the Imperial Legislative Council atShimla, a committee was set up byW. E. Crum that recommended a metro line for Kolkata.^[6] The next proposal for a metro system was mooted bygovernment of West Bengal in 1949-50 and a survey was conducted by French experts. However, the proposal could not be brought into the effect and India had to wait for its first metro service. It was twenty three years later when the foundation stone was laid in Kolkata in 1972 to commence the construction of the ambitious metro system. On 24 October 1984, India saw itsfirst metro system operational in Kolkata. After several struggles and bureaucratic hurdles, a stretch of 3.4 km was opened with five stations on the line.^[7] On 1 November 1995, theChennai MRTS began its operations, becoming the first fully elevated suburban rail line (overall secondelevated railway line in India) and also the country's longest elevated suburban railway corridor spanning 17 km.^[8][9]

The first concept of an urban rapid transit system in Delhi came out during 1969,^[10] when a traffic and travel characteristics study was conducted. The bus systems which catered the public transportation in the city soon began to run out of capacity and the traffic was on the rise, this soon became a growing concern. The concepts for an urban transit system were considered as the need for the country's capital.^[10] After planning, a proposal was made in 1984, which revealed plans for constructing three underground corridors and augmentation of the existing suburban rail system. The construction began on 1 October 1998 and the first line was operational on 24 December 2002.^[7][11] With 348.12 kilometres (216.31 mi), theDelhi Metro went on to be the longest and by far the busiest metro system in India, which also served as a role model to other Indian cities.^[12]

While the political capital of India was expanding on its success by constructing new metro lines, suburban railways remained as the dominant mode of transport in the financial capital, Mumbai. According toMumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) the city bus services operating in narrow and crowded areas of the city were slow-moving and caused traffic congestion hence a rapid transit system was necessary. Since the city already had planned metro services and since the suburban railways also connected major parts of the city, a feeder system to these services was proposed in the form ofMonorail.^[13] After the construction was completed, On 1 February 2014,Mumbai Monorail became the first of its kind in India.^[14][15]

In the early 2010s, many cities had conceived the plan to build monorails as the major urban transportation solution to their cities. However, Mumbai's monorail soon began to reveal the underlying problems of a monorail system.^[16] The issues such as low ridership, inefficient track maintenance (accessibility of the tracks during maintenance as well as the time taken to repair the tracks), train slowing down at the switches and for the fact that the monorail tracks had to be entirely elevated with a dedicated depot and set of rolling stocks, raised the concerns on feasibility, cost of construction and operation of the new lines significantly. For the similar reasons, almost all of the monorail systems around the world are seen inamusement parks or similar theme parks instead as a solution to the urban public transportation.^[17] A traditional light rail system soon emerged as the efficient mode but with cheaper cost and greater capacity than what monorail offered. As a result, many Indian cities replaced their proposed monorail projects with either a regular metro or a light rail system.^[18]

There are currently 18 operationalrapid transit (Officially and popularly known as 'Metro') systems in seventeen cities across India, withDelhi Metro being the largest.^[19] As of July 2024, India has 1,001.13kilometres (622.07miles) of operational metro lines in 18 cities.^[20][21] India's metro network is thethird longest in the world, behind China and USA. A further 779.27 km of lines are under construction.

Apart from theKolkata Metro (which has its own zone under Indian Railways),^[22] these rapid transit metro lines are not operated byIndian Railways, but a separate set of local authorities. In addition to their metro systems, the cities ofChennai andHyderabad have mass transit systems operated by the Indian Railways, known as theChennai MRTS and theHyderabad MMTS, respectively. The first rapid transit system in India is theKolkata Metro, which started operations in 1984.Kolkata Metro also currently has the only underwater metro line in the country. TheDelhi Metro has the largest network in the entire country.^[23]

In 2006, the National Urban Transport Policy had proposed the construction of a metro rail system in every city with a population of at least 20 lakh (2 million) people.^[24][25]

From 2002 to 2014, the Indian metro infrastructure expanded by 248 km.^[2]

Later on 11 August 2014,Union Government had announced that it would provide financial assistance for the implementation of a metro rail system to all Indian cities having a population of more than 1 million.^[26][27] In May 2015, theUnion Government approved the Union Urban Development Ministry's proposal to implement metro rail systems in 50 cities, with the majority of the planned projects were to be implemented through special purpose vehicles, which will be established as 50:50 joint ventures between the Union and respective State Government. TheUnion Government would invest an estimated₹5 lakh crore (US$59 billion).^[28][29]

In a new draft policy unveiled in March 2017, the Central Government stated that it wanted state governments to consider metro rail as the "last option" and implement it only after considering all other possible mass rapid transit systems. The decision was taken due to the high cost of constructing metro rail systems.^[30] In August 2017, theUnion Government announced that it would not provide financial assistance to the new metro rail project unless some sort of private partnership is involved.^[31][32][33]

As of 8 October 2025

List of current operational systems in India

System	Locale	Lines Operational	Stations	Length		Opened	Annual Ridership (in millions)
				Operational	Under Construction
Agra Metro	Agra	1	6	5.2 km (3.2 mi)[34][35][36]	24.47 km (15.20 mi)[37]	6 March 2024	–
Ahmedabad Metro	Ahmedabad,Gandhinagar,GIFT City	4	47	60.06 km (37.32 mi)[38][39]	8.92 km (5.54 mi)	4 March 2019[40][41]	40.06 (2024*)[42][Nb 1]
Chennai Metro	Chennai	2	42[43]	54.1 km (33.6 mi)[44]	118.9 km (73.9 mi)	29 June 2015[45]	105.24 (2024)[46]
Delhi Metro	Delhi NCR	10[47]	257[a]	353.31 km (219.54 mi)[Nb 2][48]	65.20 km (40.51 mi)[49]	24 December 2002[50]	2032.3 (2024*)[51][Nb 3]
Hyderabad Metro	Hyderabad & Secunderabad	3	59	67 km (42 mi)[52]	–	29 November 2017[53]	178 (2024)[54][Nb 4]
Indore Metro	Indore	1	5	6 km (3.7 mi)	31.23 km (19.41 mi)	31 May 2025[55]	–
Jaipur Metro	Jaipur	1[56]	11[56]	11.98 km (7.44 mi)[57]	2.85 km (1.77 mi)[58]	3 June 2015[56]	20.05 (2024*)[59]
Kanpur Metro	Kanpur	1	14	16 km (9.9 mi)[60]	15.05 km (9.35 mi)	28 December 2021	11.06 (2024)
Kochi Metro	Kochi	1	25	27.96 km (17.37 mi)[61]	11.2 km (7.0 mi)	17 June 2017[62]	36.52 (2024)[63]
Kolkata Metro	Greater Kolkata	5	58[b]	73.42 km (45.62 mi)[64][65]	30.8 km (19.1 mi)	24 October 1984[66]	218.1 (2025*)[67]
Lucknow Metro	Lucknow	1	21	22.90 km (14.23 mi)[68]	–	5 September 2017[69]	31.15 (2024*)[70][71]
Mumbai Metro	Greater Mumbai	4	70	80.43 km (49.98 mi)[72][73][74]	132.45 km (82.30 mi)	8 June 2014[75]	273.75 (2024)[76][77][Nb 5]
Nagpur Metro	Nagpur	2	37	38.22 km (23.75 mi)[78]	43 km (27 mi)[79]	8 March 2019[80]	33.88 (2024*)[81][Nb 6]
Namma Metro	Bengaluru	3	85	96.10 km (59.71 mi)[82][83]	79.44 km (49.36 mi)	20 October 2011[84]	278.54 (2024*)[85]
Navi Mumbai Metro	Navi Mumbai	1[86]	11[86]	11.10 km (6.90 mi)[87]	–	17 November 2023	0.935 (2024)[88][Nb 7]
Noida Metro	Noida &Greater Noida	1	21	29.70 km (18.45 mi)[48]	–	25 January 2019[89]	22.03 (2024)[90]
Patna Metro	Patna	1	3	4.3 km (2.7 mi)[91]	32.91 km (20.45 mi)	6 October 2025[92]	-
Pune Metro	Pune Metropolitan Region	2	29	31.25 km (19.42 mi)[93][94]	45.95 km (28.55 mi)	6 March 2022[95]	45.72 (2024)[96]
Rapid Metro Gurgaon	Gurgaon	1	11	12.1 km (7.5 mi)[48]	28.5 km (17.7 mi)[97]	14 November 2013[98]	14.6 (2024*)[99][100]
Total		45	810	1,047.24 km (650.72 mi)	637.96 km (396.41 mi)		3347.617 millions

Table note

^* Indicates ridership figures based on thefiscal year rather than thecalendar year.l

As of 9 October 2025

  Under construction
  Planned

System	Locale	Length		Construction began	Planned Opening
		Under-construction	Planned
Bhoj Metro	Bhopal	28 km (17 mi)[101]	87.90 km (54.62 mi)	2019	2025[102]
Meerut Metro	Meerut	23.6 km (14.7 mi)		2019	2025[103]
Surat Metro	Surat	41.93 km (26.05 mi)[104]		2021	2027[105]
Thane Metro	Thane	10.5 km (6.5 mi)	19 km (12 mi)	TBD[106]	2029[107]
Bhubaneswar Metro	Bhubaneswar		26.024 km (16.171 mi)	TBD[108]	2028[109]
Visakhapatnam Metro	Visakhapatnam		76.9 km (47.8 mi)	2026	2029[110]
Vijayawada Metro	Vijayawada		75 km (47 mi)	2026	2029[110]
Madurai Metro	Madurai		32 km (20 mi)	TBD	2031[111]
Coimbatore Metro	Coimbatore		40 km (25 mi)	TBD	TBD[112]
Rajkot Metro	Rajkot		38 km (24 mi)	TBD	TBD[113]
Vadodara Metro	Vadodara		40 km (25 mi)	TBD	TBD[113]
Kozhikode Metro	Kozhikode		44 km (27 mi)	TBD	TBD[114]
Thiruvananthapuram Metro	Thiruvananthapuram		42.1 km (26.2 mi)	TBD	TBD[115]
Prayagraj Metro	Prayagraj		44 km (27 mi)	TBD	TBD[116]
Total		103.53 km (64.33 mi)	574.924 km (357.241 mi)

As of 8 October 2025

India has a total of 45 lines of metro under operation.

Note : Only operational lines are listed.

Suburban rail plays a major role in thepublic transport system of many major Indian cities. These services are operated byIndian Railways. Suburban rail is a rail service between a central business district and the suburbs, aconurbation or other locations that draw large numbers of people daily. The trains are called suburban trains. These trains are also referred to as "local trains" or "locals". The suburban rail systems in Hyderabad, Pune, Lucknow–Kanpur and Bengaluru do not have dedicated suburban tracks but share tracks with long-distance trains. The suburban rail system ofMumbai,Kolkata andChennai have both dedicated tracks and tracks shared with long-distance trains.

The first suburban rail system in India isMumbai Suburban Railway which started operations in 1853. TheKolkata Suburban Railway has the largest network in the entire country. TheChennai Suburban Railway started its operations in 1931.

Suburban trains that handle commuter traffic are allelectric multiple units (EMUs). They usually have nine or 12 coaches, though can sometimes include 15 to handle rush hour traffic. One unit of an EMU train consists of one power car and two general coaches. Thus a nine coach EMU is made up of three units having one power car at each end and one at the middle. The rakes in the suburban rails run on25 kV AC.^[117] Ridership on India's suburban railways has risen from 1.2 million in 1970–71 to 4.4 million in 2012–13. The suburban railways of Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai occupy no more than 7.1% of the Indian Railways network, but account for 53.2% of all railway passengers.^[118] In some cities of India, the opening ofrapid transit systems has led to a decline in the use of the suburban rail system.^[119][120]

As of 5 September 2021

System	Locale	Lines	Stations	Length	Opened	Annual Ridership (in Billions)
Chennai Suburban Railway	Chennai metropolitan area	8	300+	1,200 km (750 mi)	1931[121]	1.01
Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System	Chennai	1	18	19.34 km (12.02 mi)	1 November 1995[122]	0.1
Delhi Suburban Railway	National Capital Region	1	46	320 km (200 mi)	1 October 1975[123]	–
Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System	Hyderabad Metropolitan Region	5	44	90 km (56 mi)	9 August 2003[124]	0.01825 (Daily max 50K as of 2024)
Kolkata Suburban Railway	Kolkata metropolitan region	24	458	1,501 km (933 mi)	15 August 1854[125]	1.825
Mumbai Suburban Railway	Mumbai Metropolitan Region	5	150	450.90 km (280.18 mi)	16 April 1853[4]	3.0
Pune Suburban Railway	Pune Metropolitan Region	1	17	63 km (39 mi)	11 March 1978[126]	0.022
Total	8	48	1017	3,319.84 km (2,062.85 mi)		5.5

As of 24 April 2024

  Under construction

System	Locale	Lines	Stations	Length	Planned Opening
Bengaluru Suburban Railway	Bengaluru	4	69	160.0 km (99.4 mi)	2026[127][128]

Regional Rapid Transit systems in India are higher-speedpassengerrail services that operate beyond the limits ofurban areas, and either connect similarly sized cities, or metropolitan cities and surrounding towns/cities, outside at the outer rim of a suburban belt.

The following list excludespassenger train services provided byIndian Railways.

As of 17 November 2023

  Under construction
  Planned

TheMumbai Monorail, which opened on 2 February 2014, is the first and only operationalmonorail system used for urban transit in India.^[133] Many other Indian cities had planned monorail projects, as a feeder system to the metro, but with issues like fewer options of rake manufacturers, lower capacity but high cost to construct, difficulty in evacuation during an emergency led to them considering a light rail instead.^[18][16]

System	Locale	Lines	Stations	Length	Opened	Annual Ridership (in millions)
Mumbai Monorail	Mumbai	1	17	19.53 km (12.14 mi)	2 February 2014[14]	1.2

  Planned

  Defunct

Light rail transit (LRT) or popularly known asMetrolite in India, is a form of urban rail transit characterized by a combination ofrapid transit andtram systems. It usually operates at a higher capacity than trams, and often on an exclusiveright-of-way similar to rapid transit. Several tier-2 cities in India have proposed light rail systems.

  Under construction
  Planned

System	Locale	Lines	Stations	Length	Type	Planned opening
Jammu Metro	Jammu	2	40	43.50 km (27.03 mi)	25 kV AC railway electrification	TBD[137]
Srinagar Metro	Srinagar	2	24	25 km (16 mi)	25 kV AC railway electrification	TBD[137]
Chennai Light Rail	Chennai	1	TBD	15.50 km (9.63 mi)	25 kV AC railway electrification	TBD[138]
Gorakhpur Metro	Gorakhpur	2	27	27.41 km (17.03 mi)	25 kV AC railway electrification	TBD[139][140]

TheKolkata Tram built in 1873, is the oldest and the only operational Tram in India. Seen as aheritage ride despite being a plausible urban transit that is also in profit. In addition to trains,trams were introduced in many cities in the late 19th century, though almost all of these systems were defunct eventually. Due to construction ofKolkata Metro'sGreen Line fromSalt Lake toHowrah, just 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) of Tramline is operational in Kolkata.

  Defunct

UnlikeBroad gauge which form majority of the railway tracks in thesub-continent, metro rail lines in India are of mainlystandard gauge. Projects like theKolkata Metro andDelhi Metro used broad gauge for their earliest lines, but to procure modern foreign rakes and to adopt international standard, India went ahead with standard gauge for all the following lines.^[142]

Part of the 'One Nation, One Card' policy of theGovernment of India, the National Common Mobility Card is aninter-operable transport card that enables users to pay for multiple kinds of transport charges like metros and buses, as well as do other things like retail shopping andmoney withdrawal.^[143][144] It is enabled through theRuPay card mechanism. TheMinistry of Housing and Urban Affairs have been working on the card since 2006, when it was envisaged as acashless fare payment system in accordance with the National Urban Transport Policy, 2006 (NUTP-2006). Its aim was to provide seamless connectivity to passengers across transit systems, leading to convenience, higher digital payments penetration, savings on closed loop card lifecycle management cost, and reduced operating cost.^[145][146]

There are multiple metro manufacturers in India. Under theUnion Government'sMake in India program, about 75% of the rolling stock procured for use on Indian metro systems are required to be manufactured in India.^[147]

Company	Customer	Total coaches
BEML[148][149]	Delhi Metro	1,444
	Mumbai Metro	576
	Namma Metro	300
	Kolkata Metro	102
	Jaipur Metro	40
BEML Total	5	2,462
Bombardier[150][151][152]	Delhi Metro	816
	Agra Metro	87
	Kanpur Metro	114
	Meerut Metro	30
Bombardier Total	4	1,047
Alstom[153]	Chennai Metro	286
	Kochi Metro	75
	Lucknow Metro	80
	Mumbai Metro	248
	Delhi Metro	312
	Indore Metro	75
	Bhopal Metro	81
	Pune Metro	66
	Meerut Metro	4
	Delhi Meerut RRTS	80
Alstom Total	8	1,223
Hyundai Rotem[154][155][156][157][158]	Delhi Metro	486
	Ahmedabad Metro	96
	Namma Metro	150
	Hyderabad Metro	171
Hyundai Rotem Total	4	903
ICF[citation needed]	Kolkata Metro	1072
ICF Total	1	1072
Titagarh Rail Systems[159][160]	Namma Metro	216
	Pune Metro	102
	Surat Metro	72
Titagarh Total	3	390
CRRC[161][162][163][164][165][166]	Namma Metro	216
	Rapid Metro Gurgaon	36
	Kolkata Metro	112
	Mumbai Metro	48
	Nagpur Metro	69
	Noida Metro	76
	Navi Mumbai Metro	24
CRRC Total	7	581
7	20	7678

System	Information		Currently operational	Currently under construction	Map	Website
Delhi Metro	Locale	Delhi	1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  Airport Express	Phase 4  7 Western extension (Maujpur)  8 Western extension (RK Ashram) New Lines  10		DMRCL
	Began operation	24 December 2002; 22 years ago (24 December 2002)
	Lines in operation	9
	No. of stations	255
	Network length	348.12 km (216 mi)
	Ridership	1.79 billion (2019)
Delhi Suburban Railway	Locale	Delhi	Ring Line			Delhi EMU
	Began operation	1975; 50 years ago (1975)
	Lines in operation	1
	No. of stations	21
	Network length	35 km (22 mi)
	Ridership	44,400 (2019)
Delhi Regional Rapid Transit	Locale	National Capital Region		Delhi–Meerut		NCRTC
	Began operation	2023; 2 years ago (2023)
	Lines in operation	0 (1 UC)
	No. of stations	51
	Network length	349 km (217 mi)
	Ridership	NA
Noida Metro	Locale	Noida	Aqua Line			NMRC
	Began operation	29 December 2019; 5 years ago (29 December 2019)
	Lines in operation	1
	No. of stations	21
	Network length	29.7 km (18 mi)
	Ridership	0.58 million(2022)
Rapid Metro Gurgaon	Locale	Gurgaon	1			Kol Metro
	Began operation	14 November 2013; 11 years ago (14 November 2013)
	Lines in operation	1
	No. of stations	11
	Network length	12.85 km (8 mi)
	Ridership	0.19 million(2018)

System	Information		Currently operational	Currently under construction	Map	Website
Jaipur Metro	Locale	Jaipur	1			JMRC
	Began operation	3 June 2015; 10 years ago (3 June 2015)
	Lines in operation	1
	No. of stations	21
	Network length	11.97 km (7 mi)
	Ridership	7.5 million

System	Information		Currently operational	Currently under construction	Map	Website
Bhoj Metro (Bhopal)	Locale	Bhopal		1	—	MPMRCL
	Began operation	2024; 1 year ago (2024)
	Lines in operation	0 (1 UC)
	No. of stations	8
	Network length	6.22 km (4 mi)
	Ridership
Indore Metro	Locale	Indore		1	—	MPMRCL
	Began operation	2024; 1 year ago (2024)
	Lines in operation	0 (1 UC)
	No. of stations	16
	Network length	16.21 km (10 mi)
	Ridership

System	Information		Currently operational	Currently under construction	Map	Website
Lucknow Metro	Locale	Lucknow	1			UPMRC
	Began operation	5 September 2017; 8 years ago (5 September 2017)
	Lines in operation	1
	No. of stations	21
	Network length	22.878 km (14 mi)
	Ridership	22 million
Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway	Locale	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow–Kanpur  Kanpur–Lucknow		—
	Began operation	1867; 158 years ago (1867)
	Lines in operation	1
	No. of stations	16
	Network length	37 km (23 mi)
	Ridership
Barabanki–Lucknow Suburban Railway	Locale	Uttar Pradesh	Barabanki–Lucknow  Lucknow–Barabanki		—
	Began operation	30 June 2013; 12 years ago (30 June 2013)
	Lines in operation	1
	No. of stations	10
	Network length	72 km (45 mi)
	Ridership
Kanpur Metro	Locale	Kanpur	1	Expansion  1 Eastern extension (Naubasta)		UPMRC
	Began operation	28 December 2021; 3 years ago (28 December 2021)
	Lines in operation	1
	No. of stations	9
	Network length	8.98 km (6 mi)
	Ridership	-
Agra Metro	Locale	Agra	1			UPMRC
	Began operation	2024; 1 year ago (2024)
	Lines in operation	1
	No. of stations	27
	Network length	29.65 km (18 mi)
	Ridership	-

System	Information		Currently operational	Currently under construction	Map	Website
Ahmedabad Metro	Locale	Ahmedabad,Gandhinagar,GIFT City	1  2  3  4	Expansion  3  4		GMRC
	Began operation	4 March 2019; 6 years ago (4 March 2019)
	Lines in operation	4
	No. of stations	47
	Network length	58.87 km (37 mi)
	Ridership	4 million (2024)
Surat Metro	Locale	Surat		1  2	—	GMRC
	Began operation	2027; 2 years' time (2027)
	Lines in operation	0 (2 UC)
	No. of stations	38
	Network length	40.35 km (25 mi)
	Ridership

System	Information		Currently operational	Currently under construction	Map	Website
Mumbai Metro	Locale	Mumbai Metropolitan Region	1  2  3  7	Expansion  2 Southern extension (Mankhurd)  3 Southern extension (Cuffe Parade)  7 Southern extension (CSMIA) New Lines  4  5  6  9  12		MMRDA
	Began operation	8 June 2014; 11 years ago (8 June 2014)
	Lines in operation	4
	No. of stations	51
	Network length	59.5 km (37 mi)
	Ridership	0.54 million (2019)
Mumbai Suburban Railway	Locale	Mumbai Metropolitan Region	Central  Harbour  Port  Trans-Harbour  Vasai Rd.–Roha  Western			Central Railway Western Railway
	Began operation	16 April 1853; 172 years ago (16 April 1853)
	Lines in operation	7
	No. of stations	150
	Network length	427.5 km (266 mi)
	Ridership	2.92 billion (2019)
Mumbai Monorail	Locale	Mumbai	1		—	MMRDA
	Began operation	2 February 2014; 11 years ago (2 February 2014)
	Lines in operation	1
	No. of stations	27
	Network length	19.54 km (12 mi)
	Ridership
Navi Mumbai Metro	Locale	Navi Mumbai Metro	1			CIDCO
	Began operation	17 November 2023; 23 months ago (17 November 2023)
	Lines in operation	1
	No. of stations	11
	Network length	11.10 km (7 mi)
	Ridership
Pune Metro	Locale	Pune Metropolitan Region	1  2	Expansion  1 Southern extension (Swargate)  2 Eastern extension (Ramwadi) New Line  3		PMR
	Began operation	6 March 2022; 3 years ago (6 March 2022)
	Lines in operation	1
	No. of stations	27
	Network length	19.54 km (12 mi)
	Ridership
Pune Suburban Railway	Locale	Pune Metropolitan Region	Pune–Lonavala  Pune–Baramati		—
	Began operation	11 March 1978; 47 years ago (11 March 1978)
	Lines in operation	2
	No. of stations	37
	Network length	63 km (39 mi)
	Ridership
Nagpur Metro	Locale	Nagpur	1  2			metrorailnagpur
	Began operation	8 March 2019; 6 years ago (8 March 2019)
	Lines in operation	2
	No. of stations	36
	Network length	40 km (25 mi)
	Ridership	0.73 (million)

System	Information		Currently operational	Currently under construction	Map	Website
Patna Metro	Locale	Patna	2	1  Expansion  2
	Began operation	7 October 2025; 20 days ago (7 October 2025)
	Lines in operation	1 (2 UC)
	No. of stations	26
	Network length	33.91 km (21 mi)
	Ridership

System	Information		Currently operational	Currently under construction	Map	Website
Kolkata Metro	Locale	Kolkata metropolitan area	1  2  3  6  4	Expansion  3 Northern extension (Esplanade)  6 Northern extension (Jai Hind (Kolkata airport))  4 North Eastern extension (Micheal Nagar)		KMRC
	Began operation	24 October 1984; 41 years ago (24 October 1984)
	Lines in operation	4
	No. of stations	58
	Network length	73.42 km (46 mi)
	Ridership	1.952 billion
Kolkata Suburban Railway	Locale	Kolkata metropolitan area	Chord link  Circular  Eastern  South Eastern  Sealdah South			South Eastern Railway Eastern Railway
	Began operation	15 August 1854; 171 years ago (15 August 1854)
	Lines in operation	5
	No. of stations	458
	Network length	1,501 km (933 mi)
	Ridership	2.1 billion (2019)
Trams in Kolkata	Locale	Kolkata	Gariahat–Esplanade  Shyambazar–Esplanade  15 Routes non-operational due to ongoing Green  construction		—
	Began operation	24 February 1873; 152 years ago (24 February 1873)
	Lines in operation	2
	No. of stations	N/A
	Network length	14 km (9 mi)
	Ridership	15 thousand

System	Information		Currently operational	Currently under construction	Map	Website
Namma Metro (Bengaluru)	Locale	Bengaluru	1  2  3	New Lines  4  5		BMRC
	Began operation	20 October 2011; 14 years ago (20 October 2011)
	Lines in operation	3
	No. of stations	85
	Network length	96.10 km (60 mi)
	Ridership	232.8 million (2023)
Bengaluru Suburban Railway	Locale	Bangalore Metropolitan Region		New Lines  Mallige  Kanaka		K-Ride
	Began operation	2026; 1 year's time (2026)
	Lines in operation	0 (2 UC)
	No. of stations	59
	Network length	160.45 km (100 mi)
	Ridership	NA

System	Information		Currently operational	Currently under construction	Map	Website
Kochi Metro	Locale	Kochi	1			KMRC
	Began operation	17 June 2017; 8 years ago (17 June 2017)
	Lines in operation	1
	No. of stations	24
	Network length	27.4 km (17 mi)
	Ridership	20 million

System	Information		Currently operational	Currently under construction	Map	Website
Chennai Metro	Locale	Chennai	1  2	Expansion  1 Southern extension (Kilambakkam) New Lines  3  4  5		CMRL
	Began operation	29 June 2015; 10 years ago (29 June 2015)
	Lines in operation	2
	No. of stations	42
	Network length	54.65 km (34 mi)
	Ridership	0.8 billion
Chennai MRTS	Locale	Chennai	Chennai Beach-Velachery	Expansion towards North  Velachery-St.Thomas Mount		CMDA
	Began operation	1 November 1995; 29 years ago (1 November 1995)
	Lines in operation	1
	No. of stations	18
	Network length	19.34 km (12 mi)
	Ridership	164.25 million
Chennai Suburban Railway	Locale	Chennai	North Line  West Line  West-North Line  West-South Line  South Line  South-West Line  Chennai MRTS  Circular Line			SR
	Began operation	1931; 94 years ago (1931)
	Lines in operation	8
	No. of stations	300+
	Network length	1,200 km (746 mi)
	Ridership	912.57 million

System	Information		Currently operational	Currently under construction	Map	Website
Hyderabad Metro	Locale	Hyderabad	1  2  3			HMRL
	Began operation	29 November 2017; 7 years ago (29 November 2017)
	Lines in operation	3
	No. of stations	57
	Network length	67.21 km (42 mi)
	Ridership	178 million
Hyderabad MMTS	Locale	Hyderabad	HF Line  HL Line  FL Line  SF Line  SB Line		—
	Began operation	9 August 2003; 22 years ago (9 August 2003)
	Lines in operation	5
	No. of stations	44
	Network length	90 km (56 mi)
	Ridership	0.8 billion

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