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Urban rail transport in India
overview of the urban rail transit system in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Urban rail transport is a type of rail transport in India which has trains run in a city or urban area. There are four types of urban rail transport systems in India, for example rapid transit (metro), commuter rail (suburban rail), monorail and tram.
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From a report of 2021, 2.63 billion people use metro systems of India every year. Sixteen large cities in India use metro systems. The report places the country as one of the busiest rapid transit systems in the world if we take the number of passengers using the system. The metro systems in India are 905 kilometres (562 miles) long and it is the third longest active metro system in the world.[1]
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is a ministry of the Government of India. Its Urban Transport wing works on the stuff about urban transport systems. This includes metro rail programmes. The ministry follows the provisions of the National Urban Transport Policy, 2006.[2]
The Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System is the fastest urban rail transport system in India. It can run as fast as 180 kilometres per hour (110 miles per hour). The Meerut Metro is the fastest metro system in India. It can run as fast as 120 kilometres per hour (75 miles per hour).[3]