page_title: Transport in India
section_title: Suburban rail
hierarchical_section_title: Transport in India / Rail / Commuter rail transport / Suburban rail
caption_attribution_description: English: Vile Parle suburban train station in Mumbai, India Русский: Станция Vile Parle пригородной электрички в Бомбее, Индия
context_page_description: Transport in India consists of transport by land, water and air. Public transport is the primary mode of road transport for most
  of the Indian citizens, and India's public transport systems are among the most heavily used in the world.
  India's road network is the second-largest and one of the busiest in the world, transporting 8.225 billion passengers and over 980 million tonnes of cargo annually, as of 2015. India's rail network is the fourth largest and second busiest in the world, transporting 8.44 billion passengers and 1.23 billion tonnes of freight annually, as of 2019. Aviation in India, broadly divided into military and civil aviation, is the fastest-growing aviation market in the world and Bangalore with 65% national share is the largest aviation manufacturing hub of India. India's waterways network in the form of rivers, canals, backwaters and creeks, is the ninth largest waterway network in the world. Freight transport by waterways is highly under-utilised in India with the total cargo moved by inland waterways being 0.1 percent of the total inland traffic in India. Roads in India are maintained by-National Highway Authority Of India.
context_section_description: The Mumbai Suburban Railway is the first rail system in India which began services in Mumbai in 1853, transports 6.3 million passengers daily and has the highest passenger density in the world. The Kolkata Suburban Railway, was established in Kolkata in 1854.
  The operational suburban rail systems in India are in Mumbai Suburban Railway, Kolkata Suburban Railway, Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway, Chennai Suburban Railway, Delhi Suburban Railway, Pune Suburban Railway, Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System, Barabanki-Lucknow Suburban Railway and Karwar railway division.
  Other planned systems are Bengaluru Commuter Rail, Ahmedabad Suburban Railway and Coimbatore Suburban Railway.
caption: Mumbai suburban rail station.
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