Srinagar Metro

Srinagar Metro
Overview
Owner	Srinagar Development Authority
Locale	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	2 (proposed)

The Srinagar Metro is a rapid transit proposed for the city of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The proposed system consists of 2 corridors span from Gallandar in Pulwama district to Narbal Chowk in Budgam district and another from Nowgam Railway Station to Ganderbal .^[1]

History

Jammu and Kashmir state government has planned to introduce a metro rail system in twin cities of Srinagar and Jammu. Government has hired an infrastructure development enterprise, RITES to conduct a traffic analysis. The government has planned to approach Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for a detailed project including feasibility and financial viability.^[2]

Route

Two corridors have been planned by Srinagar Development Authority(SDA).

Corridor 1: Gallandar-Pampore-Sumarbugh-Panthachowk-Sonawar-Dalgate-Lal Chowk-Jehangir Chowk-Batamaloo-Bemina-JVC-Parimpora-Zainakote-Lawaypora-Narbal Crossing.
Corridor 2: Nowgam Railway Station-Bagh e Mehtab-Chanapora-Natipora-Rambagh-Mehjoor Nagar-Jawahar Nagar-LD Hospital-Jehangir Chowk-Barbarshah-Baba Demb-Khanyar-Nowhatta-Hawal-Alamgari Bazaar-Bagh-e-Ali Mardan Khan-Nowshehra-SKIMS-Soura Buchpora-Pandach-Ganderbal.

References

Rapid rail transit in India

Metro

Operational	Namma Metro Chennai Metro Delhi Metro Jaipur Metro Kolkata Metro Mumbai Metro Gurgaon Metro

Under construction	MEGA Hyderabad Metro Rail Kochi Metro Lucknow Metro Nagpur Metro Navi Mumbai Metro Noida Metro Rail Corporation

Planned	Agra Metro Bareilly Metro Bhopal Metro Chandigarh Metro Guwahati Metro Indore Metro Kanpur Metro Ludhiana Metro Jabalpur Metro National Capital Region Metro Patna Metro Pune Metro Vijayawada Metro Rail Visakhapatnam Metro

Proposed	Greater Nasik Metro Gwalior Metro Srinagar Metro Surat Metro Western railway elevated corridor

Monorail

Operational	Mumbai Monorail

Planned	Chennai Monorail Coimbatore Monorail Kolkata Monorail

Proposed	Ahmedabad Monorail Aizawl Monorail Allahabad Monorail Bangalore Monorail Bhubaneswar Monorail Delhi Monorail Indore Monorail Kanpur Monorail Navi Mumbai Monorail Patna Monorail Pune Monorail Tiruchirappalli Monorail

Light rail

Planned	Kolkata LRTS

Proposed	Delhi LRTS Kozhikode Light Metro Thiruvananthapuram Light Metro

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