The Oldest Metro Rail Systems In India

1.Kolkata Metro 

The Kolkata Metro is India’s oldest railway system and came into operation on October 24, 1984. The metro serves the city of Kolkata and the two districts of North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas. Currently, only one line, 27.22 km, runs from Kavi Subhash to Noapara. Newer lines are in different phases of construction. The Kolkata Metro currently serves about 650,000 passengers daily via 300 metro services. It is India’s second busiest metro system.

2.Delhi Metro

The Delhi Metro serves the national capital of India, Delhi and also its satellite cities of Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad, and Gurugram. The metro system is owned and operated by the state-owned company Delhi Metro Rail Corporations. The metro system is the busiest one in India and carries about 2.76 million passengers daily. About 3,000 daily trips are run by the Delhi Metro with trains operating from 5am in the morning to 11:30 pm at night. The metro system began its operations from December 24, 2002. It is the longest operational metro system in India.

3.Namma Metro

The Namma Metro, also known as Bengaluru Metro, is India’s third oldest metro system that was launched on October 20, 2011. It is the second longest metro system after the Delhi Metro. It is also South India’s first underground transport system. The metro serves  315,000 passengers daily. Trains between 05:00 and 23:00. 

4.Rapid Metro

The fourth oldest metro system in India is the Rapid Metro that serves the city of Gurgaon in Haryana. The metro is connected to the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro. The length of the Rapid Metro is 11.7 km and it serves 11 stations. The Rapid Metro is famous for being the first fully privately financed metro in the world. The metro serves run from 06:05 to 00:36 daily. As of 2016, the daily ridership is about 35,000 passengers.

5.Mumbai Metro 

Mumbai Metro serves the city of Mumbai, the financial capital of India, and the capital of the state of Maharashtra. The metro became operation from June 8, 2014. As of February 2017, the average daily ridership of the Mumbai Metro was 355,000. 12 stations are currently served by the metro.

The below table represents the functional metro systems of India by their date of opening: