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{{Short description|Proposed Metro Railway Service in the City of Darbhanga}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox public transit
| owner = Metro Rail Corporation
| transit_type = Metro Railway
| chief_executive = Department of Urban Development and Housing Development, Bihar Government
| name = Darbhanga Metro
| area served = [[Darbhanga]] City
| native_name = दरभंगा मेट्रो
| line_number = Two Corridors
| stations = 18
| system_length = 18.8 Kilometres
}}

'''Darbhanga Metro''' is a proposed metro railway service in the city of [[Darbhanga]] in the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of [[Bihar]]. The proposal was proposed by the department of Urban Development and Housing Development of [[Government of Bihar|Bihar Government]] to provide facility of metro railway services in the four major metro cities [[Darbhanga]], [[Gaya (India)|Gaya]], [[Muzaffarpur]] and [[Bhagalpur]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Darbhanga metro route plan: दरभंगा में ये हो सकता है मेट्रो ट्रेन का रूट, शहर की ये जगहें स्टेशन बनाने के लिए एक नंबर |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/bihar/darbhanga/darbhanga-metro-route-plan-stations-could-be-built-at-these-places-in-the-city/articleshow/111158640.cms |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Bihar cabinet gives nod to metro projects in Gaya, Darbhanga, Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-cabinet-gives-nod-to-metro-projects-in-gaya-darbhanga-bhagalpur-and-muzaffarpur-101718891492732.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-20 |title=Bihar cabinet gives nod to metro projects in four more cities |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/bihar-cabinet-gives-nod-to-metro-projects-in-four-more-cities/articleshow/111142523.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-06-27 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>

== Description ==
Chief Minister [[Nitish Kumar]]'s cabinet has given its consent in principle to run a metro train in [[Darbhanga]] on 21 June 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-21 |title=Bihar Cabinet nod to metro rail in Muzaffarpur, Gaya, Darbhanga and Bhagalpur |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bihar-cabinet-nod-to-metro-rail-in-muzaffarpur-gaya-darbhanga-and-bhagalpur/articleshow/111158398.cms |access-date=2024-06-27 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-20 |title=दरभंगा समेत बिहार के इन चार शहरों में चलेगी मेट्रो, नीतीश कैबिनेट ने 22 एजेंडों पर लगाई मुहर |url=https://www.aajtak.in/bihar/story/metro-will-run-in-these-four-cities-of-bihar-including-darbhanga-nitish-cabinet-approved-22-agendas-ntc-1969403-2024-06-20 |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=आज तक |language=hi}}</ref> In Darbhanga, the metro rail is expected to run from [[Darbhanga Airport]], west of [[Darbhanga Junction railway station|Darbhanga station]], Mirzapur, [[Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital|DMCH]] Laheriyasarai and the last part of the city to Ekmighat.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Government of Bihar]] has entrusted the task of finding out the feasibility of Darbhanga Metro operations to [[Rail India Technical and Economic Service|RITES Limited]] (Rail India Technical and Economic Service Ltd) which is a [[Public Sector Undertakings in India|Navaratna Company]] of central government under [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Railway Ministry]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=भागलपुर, दरभंगा, मुजफ्फरपुर और गया में चलेगी मेट्रो? नीतीश सरकार ने रेल कंपनी को सौंपा यह काम |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/story-metro-train-in-bhagalpur-darbhanga-muzaffarpur-gaya-nitish-government-gives-this-work-to-railway-company-10366121.html |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Hindustan |language=hi}}</ref> On 16 February 2025, the official of RITES Limited submitted the survey report for the proposed Darbhanga Metro to the Urban Development Department of the Bihar Government. It is expected that the metro service will be operational by 2029.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-17 |title=Metro Survey: मुजफ्फरपुर और दरभंगा में मेट्रो सर्वे हुआ पूरा, नगर विकास विभाग को सौंपी रिपोर्ट |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/patna/metro-survey-completed-in-muzaffarpur-and-darbhanga-report-submitted-to-urban-development-department#amp_tf=From%20%251$s&aoh=17397684806865&csi=0&referrer=https://www.google.com&ampshare=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/patna/metro-survey-completed-in-muzaffarpur-and-darbhanga-report-submitted-to-urban-development-department |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Prabhat Khabar |language=hi}}</ref>

There will be two corridors in the proposed metro railway service in the city of Darbhanga. The first corridor will be between Darbhanga Airport via Darbhanga railway Junction to DMCH. The second corridor will be between [[Bhavanipur]] via [[Sakri, Madhubani|Sakari]](Dahora) to the Politecnic College, Darbhanga.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-30 |title=Darbhanga Metro: दरभंगा मेट्रो का रूट आया सामने, इन रास्तों से होकर गुजरेगी, दो कॉरिडोर का होगा निर्माण |url=https://www.jansatta.com/rajya/darbhanga-metro-route-chart-two-corridors-bihar-news/3659065/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Jansatta |language=hi}}</ref> According to the detailed project report (DPR) prepared by the RITES Limited, the length of the proposed metro railway line will be of 18.8 kilometres in the city having 18 metro stations on it. The DPR suggested the construction of two corridors. The length the first corridor will be 8.90 kilometres having 8 metro stations on it. The corridor will start from [[Darbhanga Airport]] and pass through Darbhanga Railway Junction and DMCH to the Darbhanga IT Park. Similarly the length of the second corridor will be 9.90 kilometres having 10 metro stations on it. The corridor will start from the Darbhanga IT Park and go through Ekmeghat to the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Darbhanga|Darbhanga AIIMS]]. The people representatives of the city and the general people had also demanded a third corridor during the survey of the proposed metro project. The third corridor will be between the Darbhanga airport to the Darbhanga AIIMS via Delhi Mod and Sobhan Chowk.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Darbhanga Metro: 18 स्टेशन... 18.8 KM लंबाई, दरभंगा वाले अब जल्द लेंगे मेट्रो का मजा; जानें लेटेस्ट अपडेट |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/bihar/darbhanga/darbhanga-metro-coming-soon-18-stations-18-8-km-long-route-airport-to-aiims-connectivity/articleshow/118447859.cms |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref>

On 11 March 2025, the BJP MP [[Dharamshila Gupta|Dharmashila Gupta]] raised the issue of Darbhanga Metro in the Rajya Sabha and demanded to increase the length of its corridor from 18.80 km to 22–24 km.<ref>{{Cite news |title=राज्यसभा में गूंजा दरभंगा मेट्रो का मुद्दा, बीजेपी की सांसद ने कर दी यह मांग |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/darbhanga-metro-issue-raised-in-rajya-sabha-bjp-mp-made-this-demand-201741691850157.html |work=Hindustan}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Muzaffarpur Metro]]
*[[Patna Metro]]
*[[Mithila Cultural Museum]]

== References ==
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