India now has the third largest metro rail network in the world. The metro rail network in India has grown to 1000 km. With such a large network, India has now become the country with the third largest metro rail network in the world after China and America. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the extension of the Magenta Line of Delhi Metro today. Let us tell you that Delhi started its metro journey in 2002, when Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji gave the first metro to the people of Delhi. Today Prime Minister Modi is giving the gift of new metro projects and Namo Bharat to the people of Delhi.

Special things related to metro network in India-

• Delhi Metro was started in 2002. 
• Today there is metro rail network in 23 cities of 11 states.
• In the year 2014, it was only in 5 cities in 5 states, which is a phenomenal increase.
• The metro network has grown 3 times in the last 10 years. 
• In 2014, the metro rail network in India was 248 km, which has now increased to 1000 km.
• Today, the Metro carries over 1 crore passengers daily, which is more than 2.5 times the 28 lakh passengers in 2014.
• Metro trains today travel a total distance of 2.75 lakh kilometres per day, which is three times the daily distance of 86 thousand kilometres a decade ago.

Namo Bharat Train from Delhi to Meerut

Not just the metro, but the state has also come a long way in the field of railways. PM Modi will inaugurate the first section of the fourth phase of the Delhi Metro today, besides inaugurating the 13 km long section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Namo Bharat Corridor between Sahibabad and New Ashok Nagar. Passenger operations will begin on this route from 5 pm on Sunday and trains will be available at an interval of 15 minutes. The fare from New Ashok Nagar station to Meerut South is Rs 150 for a standard coach and Rs 225 for a premium coach.