Delhi metro fares increased from Rs 1 to 5 from 0-2 to 32 kilometres
DMRC says the fare hike is minimal with passengers annoyed
After eight years since the hike in fares of Metro rail in the national capital, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has increased fares from Rs. 1 to 5 terming it a little increase not affecting the Delhi passengers.
Giving the information on X the DMRC wrote : The passenger fares of the Delhi Metro services have been revised with effect from today, that is, 25th August 2025 (Monday) onwards. The increase is minimal, ranging from ₹ 1 to ₹ 4 only depending on the distance of travel (upto ₹5 for the Airport Express Line). The new fare slabs, effective from 25th August 2025, are as follows:
According to the latest news majority of the passengers after hearing this news have raised objection smd questioned : Why this stealthy increase and what facilities have the metro provided for the comfort of the passengers ?
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has increased the fare in 2017 based on the recommendation of the Fourth Fare Fixation Committee. Until 2024 Sunday the minimum fare was Rs. 10 and maximum Rs. 60.
The list of the increase in Metro fares have been given below for the readers kind perusal : 
The Delhi metro rail corporation came into existence in 1995 in Delhi with construction starting in the year 1998 and the first red line operated in the year December 2, 2025.
In the initial phase the metro yrain plied from Shahadara to Tees Hazaari thus initiating the India’s modern rapid transport network into the national capital.
The then chief minister Sheila Dikshit played a very significant role in getting all the departmental clearances within no time holding series of meetings and involving herself dedicatedly, thus spreading the metro network in multiple locations of Delhi.
In DMRC with the Delhi Transport Buses services being extremely poor and irregular despite thousands of new buses on roads and the DTC running in huge losses , maximum passengers prefer travelling in Delhi metro than availing the poor DTC bus services. In Delhi 8,187,674 persons travel by metro on daily basis.
The Communist Party of India , Delhi State Council strongly India the Increase in the fares of the Delhi Metro Rail. Metro Rail fares are already very high comparison to the other public transport. The Government of India and Delhi government both who runs metro rail have not thought of before increasing the fares of the metro rail. This is an attack on common people of Delhi incomes which are already under the pressures of severest ever price rise, unemployment and inflation. Delhi labourers are not given even minimum wages and this metro rail increase will lead them to more and more poverty. The public transport can not be used to as means of profit for the Delhi and Central Government. This is being used by people who are going for the production process of the Delhi and India and also go to work and create surplus to the city.
Hence the CPI Delhi State demands from the Central and Delhi government to immediately withdraw this metro fare hike.
