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Where the trains actually run.

Operational and currently under-construction route kilometres for every Indian metro system, with sources on each row.

Infrastructure
Key Takeaways
  • India runs metro systems in 28 cities, with 1068 km of operational route between them and 561 km more currently under construction.
  • Delhi NCR's Delhi Metro is the largest operational network at 375.5 km — more than twice the size of the second-largest.
  • Mumbai has the most kilometres currently under construction at 124.1 km, with multiple corridors building simultaneously.
  • Hyderabad and Jaipur have no kilometres under construction in the operator data — Phase 2 plans exist on paper but civil works have not yet started.

Cumulative cities with metro service

Operational vs under-construction km by city

Source material
MoHUA: Metro Rail ProjectsTheMetroRailGuy: India metro projectsWikipedia: Urban rail transit in India

Data provenance

Source
System operators (DMRC, BMRCL, MMRC/MMRDA, CMRL, KMRL, UPMRC, Maha-Metro, GMRC, JMRC, NMRC) and Wikipedia
Snapshot
Latest data point: 15 May 2026
Coverage
28 cities — every Indian metro system currently in revenue service
Limitations
Under-construction kilometres reflect the route length on which civil works are sanctioned and ongoing per the operator. Lines at DPR or approval-only stage are excluded.
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