Kanpur Monorail

Kanpur Monorail
Kanpur Monorail
Overview
Owner	Government of Uttar Pradesh
Locale	Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Transit type	Monorail
Number of lines	3 (planned)
Daily ridership	35,000 (Estd.)
Headquarters	Monorail
Operation
Train length	4 coaches
Technical
Electrification	750 V DC
Average speed	31 km/h (19 mph)
Top speed	80 km/h (50 mph)

Last updated August 08, 2025

The Kanpur Monorail was a proposed monorail system for the city of Kanpur.^[1]^[2]

Lines

There are three lines proposed in phase I are as follows:^[3]

From Panki Sector 18 to Shuklaganj via Govind Puri – Jarib Chauki – Central – Ghantaghar 8 Point – Shuklaganj. Length of this line would be 24.5 km
From Chobepur to Maharajpur via IIT Kanpur – Kalyanpur – Rawatpur – Kanpur Anwarganj – Kanpur Central. Length of this line would be 28.5 km
From Kanpur Zoo to Kanpur Cantonment via Old Kanpur – Civil Lines – Wazid Pur. Length of this line would be 16.0 km

Total length of Phase I would be 63.0 km.

Other lines

Other lines which are being proposed in addition to Phase I are:^[4]

From Daheli Sujanpur to Govind Nagar.
From J K Temple to Kidwai Nagar via Kamla Club – Govindpuri.
From Gangotri Township to Sahara City via Green Park Stadium – Rave 3 – Old Kanpur – New Kanpur City

Status

Feasibility study has been completed for Phase I corridors. Work was predicted to start after 2016.^[3]As of 2021^[update] no work has commenced.

In 2016 the State Government approved the rail based Kanpur Metro, which began construction in 2021. It is not clear if the metro corridors will replace the monorail plans.

References

↑ "Monorail News Briefs". Monorails.org. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
↑ http://www.niua.org/projects/tpt/introduction.pdf Archived 14 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
1 2 Sujay Mehdudia (21 January 2010). "The Hindu : Cities / Kanpur : Kanpur likely to get monorail". Chennai, India: Beta.thehindu.com. Retrieved 11 August 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ Megha Suri (21 February 2008). "Monorail to hit Kanpur streets by 2010". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 August 2010.

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[1] "Monorail News Briefs". Monorails.org. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.

[2] ttp://www.niua.org/projects/tpt/introduction.pdf Archived 14 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}

[thehindu1-3] 1 2 Sujay Mehdudia (21 January 2010). "The Hindu : Cities / Kanpur : Kanpur likely to get monorail". Chennai, India: Beta.thehindu.com. Retrieved 11 August 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[4] Megha Suri (21 February 2008). "Monorail to hit Kanpur streets by 2010". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 August 2010.

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Kanpur Monorail

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Lines

Other lines

Status

References