how many cities in india has metro train
Urban rail transit in India There are currently 11 operational rapid transit (also called 'metro') systems in ten cities in India. As of November 2017, India has 425 kilometres (264 miles) of operational metro lines and 347 stations. A further 500+Â km of lines are under construction. Metro rail lines in India are composed of mainly standard gauge. Projects like the Kolkata Metro and Delhi Metro used broad gauge for their earliest lines but all new projects in India are on standard gauge as rolling stock imported is of standard gauge.
Indian Railways Indian Railways is India's national railway system. Operated by the Ministry of Railways, IR carried 8.26 billion passengers (more than 22 million passengers per day), transported 1.16 billion tons of freight, and had 8,500 stations in the 2017-18 fiscal year.[2] It is the fourth-largest railway network in the world by size, with 119,630 kilometres (74,330 mi) of total track[4] and 92,081 km (57,216 mi) of running track over a 66,687-kilometre (41,437 mi) route at the end of 2015-16.[2] Forty-five percent of its routes are electrified[5] with 25 kV AC electric traction.[2] Its track is mostly broad gauge, with short stretches of metre- and narrow-gauge track. Thirty-seven percent of its routes are double- or multi-tracked.[5]
Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha has certain powers that make it more powerful than the Rajya Sabha.
Rail transport in India All main-line rail operations in India are handled by Indian Railways (IR), a state-owned organization of the Ministry of Railways. As of March 2017[update], the rail network comprises 121,407 km (75,439 mi) of track[4] over a route of 67,368 km (41,861 mi) and 7,349 stations.[1] It is the fourth-largest railway network in the world (after those of the United States, Russia and China).[5] Thirty eight percent of the routes are electrified with 25 KV AC electric traction while thirty-three percent of them are double or multi-tracked.[1]
Delhi Metro The first line of the Delhi Metro, the Red Line, was inaugurated by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Prime Minister of India, on 24 December 2002.[20] The Delhi Metro became the second underground rapid transit system in India, after the Kolkata Metro, when the Vishwa Vidyalayaâ€“Kashmere Gate section of the Yellow Line opened on 20 December 2004.[21] The first phase of the project was eventually completed in 2006,[22][23] on budget and almost three years ahead of schedule, an achievement described by Business Week as "nothing short of a miracle".[24]
Rail Budget The last Railway Budget [8] was presented on 25 February 2016 by Mr. Suresh Prabhu.