Mumbai Metro Railway

• The Mumbai Metro Railway system will cover a distance of 146km and link India’s financial and entertainment capital with its suburbs.
• The government of the of Maharashtra and the private Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani group will share the costs of the corridor with the private company picking up 74% of the tab.
• A six coach broad gauge train could have carried the same number of passengers as an eight coach standard gauge train.
• It means lower operational cost, lower electricity cost.

Chennai Metro Rail Limited

• Metro Railway System was mooted for the city of Chennai by S.Shreedharan the DMRC to the Tamil Nadu CM Jay Lalitha.
• The elevated section of the project is schedule to be operational by 2011 and the entire project is schedule to be completed by the financial year 2014-15.
• About 55% of the corridors in phase I is underground and the remaining elevated.
• The Metro Rail Project was included in the 2007-08 state government’s budget, and an amount of Rs. 50 Crores had been sanctioned for preliminary works.
• The project is estimated to cost around 14,600 Crores for the two corridors totaling 50.1km.
• The construction started in early 2009 and its expected to be fully completed by 2014.

Hyderabad Metro Rail

• Estimated cost of Rs. 12,132 Crores.
• The project Hyderabad Metro Rail is 71.16km long.
• PPP Metro Rail project to have been sanctioned by Govt. of India.
• Global consulting firm Deloitte is the constructing Co. of HMR.
• The 71km covering three high density traffic corridors of Hyderabad.
• Speeds of 34kmph on an average to 80kmph maximum.

Bangalore Metro Railway

• The total project outlay envisaged is Rs.6395 Crores.
• The project Bangalore Metro Rail is 42.3kms long.
• The project report of BML is prepared by DMRC.
• The first face of the project has commenced in 2007 and complete by 2012.
• The number of passengers expected to travel on the metro is estimated at 10.20lakhs in 2012 and 16.10lakhs in 2021.
• Phase I network to about 42km, with 40stations.

Cochin Metro Railway

• Estimated to cost Rs. 3,300 crore.
• The project cochin metro rail is 25kms long.
• The starting point of Metro rail in Cochin is in Aluva and the proposed ending point in the place called pettah.

Delhi Metro

• Operator- Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.
• Begun Operation- 24^th December, 2002.
• System Length- 76.7km.
• Number of Stations- 68.
• The power supply is at 25kV AC through overhead.
• In the 2008 financial year, it had revenue of $100 million.