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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox Public transit
| name = Kanpur Monorail
| image =  
| imagesize = 225
| locale = [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| transit_type = [[Monorail]]
| began_operation = 
| chief_executive = 
| headquarters   = [[Monorail]]
| lines = 3 (planned)
| stations = 
| website = 
| ridership = 35,000 (Estd.)
| train_length = 4 coaches 
| headway =  
| vehicles = 
| track_gauge = 
| system_length= 
| average_speed= {{convert|31|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}
| top_speed= {{convert|80|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}
| minimum_radius_of_curvature=
| el = 750 V [[Direct current|DC]]
| operator =  
| owner = [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| map = 
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The '''Kanpur Monorail''' was a proposed [[monorail]] system for the city of [[Kanpur]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monorails.org/tmspages/News.html |title=Monorail News Briefs |publisher=Monorails.org |access-date=2010-09-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613055508/http://monorails.org/tMspages/News.html |archive-date=2010-06-13 }}</ref><ref>http://www.niua.org/projects/tpt/introduction.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

==Lines==
There are three lines proposed in phase I are as follows:<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite news |author=Sujay Mehdudia |url=http://beta.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kanpur/article87665.ece |title=The Hindu : Cities / Kanpur : Kanpur likely to get monorail |publisher=Beta.thehindu.com |date=2010-01-21 |access-date=2010-08-11 |location=Chennai, India }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

*From [[Panki, Kanpur|Panki]] Sector 18 to [[Shuklaganj]] via Govind Puri – Jarib Chauki – Central – Ghantaghar 8 Point – Shuklaganj. Length of this line would be 24.5&nbsp;km
*From Chobepur to Maharajpur via IIT Kanpur – Kalyanpur – Rawatpur – [[Kanpur Anwarganj]] – [[Kanpur Central]]. Length of this line would be 28.5&nbsp;km
*From [[Allen Forest Zoo|Kanpur Zoo]] to [[Kanpur Cantonment]] via Old Kanpur – [[Civil Lines]] – Wazid Pur. Length of this line would be 16.0&nbsp;km

'''Total length of Phase I would be 63.0&nbsp;km.'''

===Other lines===

Other lines which are being proposed in addition to Phase I are:<ref>{{cite news|author=Megha Suri|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Monorail_to_hit_Kanpur_streets_by_2010/rssarticleshow/2802311.cms |title=Monorail to hit Kanpur streets by 2010 |work=The Times of India |date=2008-02-21 |access-date=2010-08-11}}</ref>

*From Daheli Sujanpur to [[Govind Nagar]].
*From [[J K Temple]] to Kidwai Nagar via Kamla Club – [[Govindpuri]].
*From Gangotri Township to Sahara City via [[Green Park Stadium]] – [[Rave 3]] – Old Kanpur – New Kanpur City

==Status==
Feasibility study has been completed for Phase I corridors. Work was predicted to start after 2016.<ref name="thehindu1"/>  {{As of|2021}} no work has commenced.

In 2016 the State Government approved the rail based [[Kanpur Metro]], which began construction in 2021.  It is not clear if the metro corridors will replace the monorail plans.

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{{Rapid transit in India}}
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[[Category:Proposed monorails in India]]
[[Category:Transport in Kanpur]]
[[Category:Proposed infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh]]


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