Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has inspected the Delhi Metro subway system developed with Japanese cooperation.

On Saturday, Motegi visited a station in central New Delhi and rode a train to check its safety and comfort.

Opened in 2002, the Delhi Metro is one of the world’s largest subway systems, with a total length of about 390 kilometers, surpassing Tokyo Metro’s 195 km and Toei Subway’s 109 km, both of which are in and around the Japanese capital. About 6.5 million to 7 million people use the Delhi Metro daily.

The total cost of the subway project in the Indian capital was about ¥2.1 trillion, about half of which was covered by Japanese loans.

During the inspection, Motegi received a briefing on the project from Takuro Takeuchi, head of the India office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency.