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Patna Metro is a rapid transit system under construction (as of May 2023), in the city of Patna, India.

It will be owned and operated by the state-run Patna Metro Rail Corporation.

In the first phase, five stations of Patna Metro (between Patliputra Bus Terminal to Malahi Pakdi) will be operational first by March 2025.

It is constructed under a Public Private Partnership mode and is estimated to cost ₹13,365.77 crore (US$1.7 billion).

This cost is excluding land acquisition cost, which is to be borne by the Bihar government.

The first phase (consisting of the east–west and north–south corridors) will include both a 23.30 km (14.48 mi) elevated track and a 16.30 km (10.13 mi) underground track.

In January 2022, L&T secured the order from metro operator Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for the design and construction of the Corridor-2 of Phase-1 of Patna MRTS.

L&T classifies this contract worth ₹1,989 crore (US$250 million) as a significant order.

The major scope of work for the project comprises six underground metro stations viz, Rajendra Nagar, Moin Ul Haq Stadium, Patna science College, PMCH, Gandhi Maidan and Akashvani of Corridor-2.

YFC – MCL JV will design and construct the elevated viaduct, elevated ramp at Mithapur and Patliputra and seven stations in Corridor-1 at the cost of ₹553 crore (US$69 million).

Background
Due to rising traffic and congestion on the roads in Patna, a rapid public transportation system was proposed for Patna to deal with the growing needs of the city's population.

In November 2011, Union Urban development minister Kamal Nath said that all cities that have a population in excess of 20 lakh would get a metro corridor.

According to 2011 census findings, Patna has a population of a little over 20.4 lakh, making it eligible for a metro service.

The Bihar urban development department is the nodal agency for Patna Integrated Mass Rapid Transport System (PIMRTS).

The Bihar government decided to launch the Patna metro or monorail system by 2015.

Metro rail emerged as a more viable option for the city than the monorail for the execution of the proposed Patna Integrated Mass Rapid Transport System (PIMRTS) due to the load factor.

The planning commission extended its technical support to the proposed metro project.

On 11 June 2013, the Bihar cabinet approved the proposal to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for a metro train service in Patna.

Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) was selected for the purpose, and sanctioned ₹2.52 crore as a consultancy fee to RITES.

On 18 June 2013, the Government of Bihar signed a MoU with the consulting firm—RITES—for a feasibility study and detailed project report preparation for the Patna Metro railway project.

Under the agreement, RITES would be required to submit the feasibility report by the first week of December 2013 and the DPR by February 2014.

In the scope of its work, the consulting firm is required to identify the mass transit corridors on the basis of a detailed traffi-demand-assessment study, topographic survey, soil survey at 500-meter intervals on the proposed stretch, among other measures.

The entire project is expected to be built and operated on a Public Private Partnership model. The cost of Phase 1 is estimated to be ₹13,411.24 crore.

On 17 June 2014, the planned Patna Metro project received the green light. The Patna Metro Train Corporation was set to be created before 15 August 2014.

A detailed report for the project, planned to proceed in four stages, was due on 31 October 2014.

The project received the central government's approval on 6 February 2019 and prime minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone on 17 February.

In November 2019, DMRC unveiled changes in the project's Detailed Project Report (DPR) and the alignment of both lines.

The changes led to the creation of a second interchange at Khemni Chowk, the elimination of Line-1's depot at Aitwarpur, and the addition of two new stations at Ramkrishna Nagar and Jaganpura.

An agreement has been signed between Patna Metro and JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) for a loan of ₹5,520.93 crore (US$690 million), i.e. 60% of the total cost of Patna metro rail project.

Both the corridors together have 24 metro stations, Patna station and Khemnichak interchange station.

In July 2021, PMRC organized a competition to design the logo of Patna Metro, inviting the public to take part, with prizes on offer for the best submissions.

On 29 March 2023, Japan committed ₹5,509 crore (US$690 million) for Patna Metro Rail Project. On 7 April 2023, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar released the official logo of Patna Metro, while launching the 2nd tunnel boring machine (TBM) near Moinul Haque stadium in Patna for construction of the underground section of the project.

The logo has been selected out of over 7500 designs received from different states in India.