Railway & Metro

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Information Ahmedabad Metro is an urban Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) being built by Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Limited, formerly known as ‘Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad’ (MEGA ),  to serve Ahmedabad – Gujarat’s biggest city and its capital, Gandhinagar, in the future. Construction work on Ahmedabad Metro’s Phase 1 with routes of 39.259 km started in 2015 and is expected to be completed in 2024. In February 2016, the Gujarat state government allocated a sum of Rs 2 crore in its 2016-17 state budget and appointed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to prepare Phase 2’s Detailed Project Report (DPR). As per the draft DPR, the 18.522 km Line-2 is planned to be extended northward to connect Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar and will feature 1 branch/spur lines to GIFT City – view more information here. In February 2019, India’s Union Cabinet approved the construction of a 28.254 km Phase 2 with 2 corridors – a northwar...

  New metro rail (subway) systems are under construction and bringing about vast changes in 20+ Indian cities at a breath-taking pace. This page provides a quick snapshot with a list of all Indian metro & metrolite rail systems – operational, under construction (ongoing), approved (upcoming) and proposed (planned) projects.              Most Indian metro projects are being developed in phases (eg. Delhi Metro which is now on  Phase 4 ) while others are being developed by line as funds become available (eg. Mumbai Metro where  169 km  of lines are currently under construction in parallel). Note: I track each project at the package level which gives a better idea of each city’s network in different stages of development. Lengths are derived from tender or detailed design documents. When that is unavailable, satellite imagery is used for approximation. Key Figures Operational   Routes : 746.25 km Under Construction Route...