New Delhi: India’s Metro network has expanded from 248 km across five cities in 2014 to nearly 1,200 km across 26 cities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. Highlighting the expansion, he said more than one crore people now travel by Metro every day.
Modi said the growth had transformed urban mobility and improved daily life for commuters. According to him, shorter travel times mean less time in traffic, more time with families, greater productivity and better opportunities.
The Prime Minister shared the figures in a post on X, comparing the pace of Metro expansion before and after 2014. He questioned how long cities such as Pune would have waited for Metro services if the earlier expansion pace had continued.
Metro network expansion transforms urban mobility
Modi said the earlier pace could have delayed Metro connectivity for years or even decades. He described such delays as unacceptable and highlighted the expansion to 26 cities as a major change in urban transport.
The Prime Minister said the transformation reflected the government’s approach to urban India. The growing Metro network, he added, was delivering benefits beyond infrastructure statistics by improving mobility and productivity.
Let me ask you…
If India’s Metro network had continued expanding at the pace it did before 2014, how long would the wait be for cities like Pune to have a metro?
YEARS….no…DECADES perhaps.
And that was UNACCEPTABLE.
In 2014, India had just 248 km of Metro lines across 5 cities.
Today, we have nearly 1,200 km across 26 cities.
Over 1 crore people travel by Metro every day.
The impact goes beyond statistics or numbers.
It means less time in traffic, more family time, greater productivity and better opportunities.
This is the transformation we are working towards for urban India!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 5, 2026
