The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has suggested to the Madhya Pradesh government that connecting Indore, Ujjain, and Pithampur with a Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) would be beneficial for future traffic management. The DMRC has studied the daily traffic between Indore-Ujjain, Ujjain-Pithampur, and Indore-Pithampur, as well as surrounding cities like...
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Dewas and Dhar. Currently, 3 lakh out of 10.3 lakh people commute from surrounding cities, a number projected to reach 4 lakh by 2028, 4.51 lakh by 2031, and 6.38 lakh by 2048. The RRTS, similar to a metro, is a high-speed transit system with fewer stations, designed to connect satellite cities. It operates on elevated or underground tracks, with speeds ranging from 160 to 180 km/h, compared to metro's 80 km/h. The DMRC has proposed three routes, with the third route, connecting Ujjain to Indore and then to Pithampur through a combined track, being deemed the best. This route spans 85 km with 29 stations, including 7.7 km underground and 77.9 km elevated, at an estimated cost of 17634 crores.