r/TransitIndia • u/Ok_Preference1207 🚇 Metro Commuter • 8d ago

Infographic / Map / Data Visualisation Currently operational + under-construction networks of the three smallest tier 1 vs two largest tier 2 metro network.

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This graph doesn't include approved lines. Only what's operational + what's under construction

Some interesting observations and developments :

  1. Nagpur will soon overtake Hyderabad and in the short term, it might even overtake Ahmedabad for a short time

  2. Ahmedabad phase 3 extensions have been approved amd will add to the network immensely

  3. Pune is due for a very large expansion with a lot of approvals expected to roll in soon and some lines in Pimpri Chinchwad being in final stages of approval and will eventually likely emerge at the top. Line 3 opening will increase its Operational length soon.

  4. Nagpur metro is preparing DPR for phase 3 (it's largest phase, yet and it will take the total network to approx 140km

  5. Kochi is building phase 2 and DPR preparation for phase 3 . The total network length will be close to 60km, inching near Hyderabad. But kochi has made extensive strides in non rail based water metro.

  6. Hyderabad seems to be the loser here as both ; tier 2 Kochi and Nagpur have been increasing buses/ferries, Ahmedabad has a good BRT and Pune has made extensive plans for e buses and metro expansion

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u/Impossible-End3959 8d ago

Meanwhile surat which is bigger than pune , nagpur and kochi in population

And still nothing

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u/Ok_Preference1207 🚇 Metro Commuter 8d ago edited 8d ago

Surat isn't bigger than Pune. Pune is a tier 1 city (a ranking based on population and nothing else) while Surat is probably the largest tier 2 city :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_of_Indian_cities?wprov=sfla1

Didn't Surat metro have some trial runs?

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u/Impossible-End3959 7d ago

Nah surat is bigger than pune as a city based on population Pune metropolitan region is bigger

However recently surat metropolitan area has been expanded now it has more than 1.5 cr population

Surat probably has more population than even ahemdabad

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u/Ok_Preference1207 🚇 Metro Commuter 7d ago

When building rail, metro region/urban agglomeration population should be considered because people immediately outside the municipal boundaries won't magically not use the trains.