With an aim to ease the city’s traffic congestion, the inaugural stretch of the priority corridor will run from the Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT) to Bhoothnath station. It will cover three key stations — Patliputra ISBT, Zero Mile, and Bhoothnath.
#WATCH | Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today inaugurated the first phase of the 3.6-km elevated stretch of the priority corridor of the Patna Metro rail project
The inaugural stretch on the Blue Line will run from the Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT) to Bhoothnath pic.twitter.com/QiiBoNJy82— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2025
The inaugural run of the metro was conducted from the Patliputra Bus Depot. Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha were also present at the ceremony. In February 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the metro project, estimated to cost ₹ 13,365 crores.
Hailing the project earlier in the day, Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal said that the people will be relieved of traffic jams. In a conversation with ANI, he said, “Today will be written in golden letters in the history of Patna that the people of Patna, the people of Bihar, are getting the facility of Metro Rail. Until now, we used to go to Kolkata and Delhi to see the Metro Rail. People will be relieved of the problem of traffic jams.”
JD(U) leader Rajiv Ranjan Prasad also lauded the project, saying CM Nitish Kumar has taken ‘big decisions’ for the state. “The long wait of the people of Patna is about to end. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, undoubtedly, big decisions have been taken for the state,” Prasad added.
Route and stations
The first operational route covers an approximately 4.3-km stretch. The route runs from the Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT) to Bhoothnath. The three main stations on this stretch are: Patliputra ISBT, Zero Mile and Bhoothnath.
Timings
The metro service runs daily from 8 am to 10 pm, with 40 to 42 trips scheduled along the corridor. In the initial phase, trains are scheduled to run every 20 minutes.
Fare
The fare structure is based on the number of stations travelled. The minimum fare is ₹15 for a single station ride, while the maximum fare is ₹30 for the full route between ISBT and Bhoothnath.
Facilities
The coaches are designed with motifs inspired by Bihar’s famous Madhubani art, featuring traditional patterns. Each train has a seating capacity of 158 passengers, with 12 seats reserved for women and differently-abled individuals.
Additionally, each train has standing space for up to 940.
The coaches have modern amenities like charging points for cellphones and laptops, front emergency doors and bi-parting sliding doors for enhanced safety and passenger experience.
