Editing Transport in India (section)

==== Monorail ====
[[File:Mumbai Monorail train at platform.jpg|alt=|thumb|A monorail in Mumbai]]
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[[Monorail]] is generally considered as a feeder system for metro trains in India. In 2004, monorail was first proposed for Kolkata. But, later the idea was put on hold due to lack of funds and infeasibility.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Light at end of tunnel for Kolkata's monorail project {{!}} Kolkata News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Light-at-end-of-tunnel-for-Kolkatas-monorail-project/articleshow/54575036.cms|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-05-05|date=29 September 2016|archive-date=3 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003005035/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Light-at-end-of-tunnel-for-Kolkatas-monorail-project/articleshow/54575036.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Mumbai Monorail]], which started in 2014, is the first operational [[monorail]] network in India<ref name="times">{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Mumbai-monorail-to-run-in-two-years/articleshow/2413046.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811120003/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-09-29/mumbai/27981519_1_mumbai-monorail-jacob-circle-mmrda-joint-commissioner |url-status=live |archive-date=11 August 2011 |title=Mumbai monorail to run in two years |date=27 September 2007 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=19 March 2009}}</ref> (excluding the [[Skybus Metro]]) since the [[Patiala State Monorail Trainways]] closed in 1927.

Monorail systems were also planned in [[Chennai Monorail|Chennai]], [[Kolkata Monorail|Kolkata]], Allahabad, [[Bengaluru Monorail|Bengaluru]], [[Delhi Monorail|Delhi]], [[Indore Monorail|Indore]], [[Kanpur Monorail|Kanpur]], [[Navi Mumbai Monorail|Navi Mumbai]], [[Patna Monorail|Patna]], [[Pune Monorail|Pune]], [[Ahmedabad Monorail|Ahmedabad]], [[Aizawl Monorail|Aizawl]], [[Bhubaneswar Monorail|Bhubaneswar]], Jodhpur, [[Kota Kinabalu Monorail|Kota]], Nagpur and Nashik.