Metro Rail Network: India ranks third globally in operational metro rail network length and is on track to become the second largest Metro network in the world. The operational metro network has soared from 248 km across 5 cities (in 2014) to 1,013 km across 23 cities by May 2025, adding 763 km in just 11 years. The annual metro budget for the financial year 2025-26 is Rs 34,807 crore.
Metro Rail Network in Uttar Pradesh
During the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament, Lok Sabha MP Dimple Yadav asked Minister of State (MoS) for Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Tokhan Sahu about the current operational length of metro networks in Uttar Pradesh and their average daily ridership, city-wise. She also sought details on the progress and expected completion timelines for ongoing projects such as Lucknow Metro Phase-2, Kanpur Metro corridors, and Agra Metro Phase-2, along with details of any cost overruns or delays.
Responding to this on August 7 in Lok Sabha, the minister said that the total operational length of metro rail network in Uttar Pradesh is 147.446 km. He also added that the ministry has received proposal for Lucknow metro Phase-1B from Charbagh to Vasantkunj of 11.165 route km at a cost of Rs 5,801.05 crore with projected completion period of 5 years from date of sanction.
“The Kanpur Metro Rail Project of 32.38 route km at a cost Rs.11,076.48 crore and Agra Metro Rail Project of 29.4 route km at a cost of Rs.8,379.62 crore have already been sanctioned. UP Metro Rail Corporation Limited (UPMRCL), which is implementing agency for metro projects in Lucknow, Kanpur and Agra has informed that there is no cost overrun in these projects,” the minister stated.
Details of current operational length of Metro rail network in Uttar Pradesh, average daily ridership, city-wise:
(Source: As per written statement by MoS, MoHUA Tokhan Sahu in Lok Sabha on August 7, 2025.)
