Editing Transport in India (section)

==== Suburban rail ====
[[File:AC-EMU-Mumbai.jpg|alt=|thumb|Mumbai suburban rail.]]
[[File:Velachery Railway station June 2010.jpg|alt=|thumb|The [[Chennai MRTS]] and [[Chennai Suburban Railway|Chennai Suburban]], the first elevated railway in India.]]
{{Main|Urban rail transit in India}}

The [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]] was the first rail system in India, which began its services in Mumbai in 1853, transporting 6.3&nbsp;million passengers daily and has the highest passenger density in the world.<ref name="subrefmumbai">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mrvc.indianrail.gov.in/overview.htm |title=Overview of the existing Mumbai Suburban Railway |publisher=[[Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620033027/http://www.mrvc.indianrail.gov.in/overview.htm |archive-date=20 June 2008 |access-date=31 March 2009}}</ref> The [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] was established in 1854,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/10/27/stories/2006102700310900.htm |title=Opening up new frontiers |date=27 October 2006 |work=The Hindu Business Line |access-date=5 April 2010}}</ref> and the [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] in 1931.<ref name="IRFCA_ElectricTraction1">{{cite web | title = Electric Traction – I | publisher = IRFCA.org | url = http://irfca.org/faq/faq-elec.html#vol | access-date = 17 November 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121105135017/http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-elec.html#vol | archive-date = 5 November 2012 | url-status = live}}</ref> The operational suburban rail systems in India are in [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]], [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]], [[Chennai Suburban Railway]], [[Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway]], [[Delhi Suburban Railway]], [[Pune Suburban Railway]], [[Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System]], [[Barabanki-Lucknow Suburban Railway]] and [[Karwar railway division]].<ref name="Singh" /> Other planned systems are [[Bengaluru Suburban Railway]], [[Ahmedabad Suburban Railway]] and [[Coimbatore Suburban Railway]].