Editing Commuter rail (section)

====South Asia====
{{See also|Urban rail transit in India#Suburban rail|Karachi Circular Railway|}}
[[File:ChennaiEMUNew.JPG|thumb|220x220px|Chennai suburban railway]]
[[File:KolkataLocalTrains.JPG|thumb|220x220px|[[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] is the largest suburban railway network in India. ]]
In India, commuter rail systems are present in major cities and form an important part of people's daily lives. [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]], the oldest suburban rail system in Asia, carries more than 7.24 million commuters on a daily basis which constitutes more than half of the total daily passenger capacity of the Indian Railways itself. [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]], one of the largest suburban railway networks in the world, consists of more than 450 stations and carries more than 3.5 million commuters per day. The [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] along with the [[Chennai MRTS]], also covers over 300 stations and carries more than 2.5 million people daily to different areas in [[Chennai]] and its surroundings. Other commuter railways in India include the [[Hyderabad MMTS]], [[Delhi Suburban Railway]], [[Pune Suburban Railway]] and [[Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway]].

In 2020, Government of India approved [[Bengaluru Commuter Rail|Bengaluru Suburban Railway]] to connect [[Bengaluru]] and its suburbs. It will be unique and first of its kind in India as it will have metro like facilities and rolling stock.

In Bangladesh, there is one suburban rail called the [[Chittagong Circular Railway]]. Another suburban railway called the [[Dhaka Circular Railway]] is currently proposed.

[[Karachi]] in [[Pakistan]] has a [[Karachi Circular Railway|circular railway]] since 1969.