{
  "id": 8271715,
  "title": "India’s metro network is only 216 km short of US",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/indias-metro-network-is-only-216-km-short-of-us",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-18T16:08:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/indias-metro-network-is-only-216-km-short-of-the-us-from-a-single-kolkata-line-in-1984-to-1170-km-across-26-cities-the-next-big-expansion-is-already-underway/articleshow/134338979.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "India's metro rail network has grown substantially since the country's first service began in Kolkata in 1984. Currently, the network spans over 1,155 km across 26 cities, making it the world's third-largest operational metro network. India's metro journey started with a single short stretch in Kolkata, and the network has since expanded to cover more cities and kilometres.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "India's metro boom: From one city to a network set to overtake the US",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/indias-metro-boom-from-one-city-to-a-network-set-to-overtake-the-us",
        "published": "2026-09-18T14:19:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}