Overview
- The Orange Line priority corridor connects Subhash Nagar and AIIMS across eight elevated stations including Rani Kamlapati, MP Nagar and Kendriya Vidyalaya.
- Public service follows an initial plan of 17 trips per day, with the first train departing AIIMS at 9 am.
- Fares are slab-based: Rs 20 for up to two stations, Rs 30 for three to five, and Rs 40 for six to eight.
- Officials reported 5,731 passengers by 6 pm on the opening day of commercial operations.
- This section cost about Rs 2,225 crore within a Phase‑1 network estimated at Rs 10,033 crore, and Bhopal becomes India’s 26th metro city as the national network reaches roughly 1,090 km, with Manohar Lal Khattar saying India could soon surpass the US in total metro length.