Mumbai Metro

Mumbai Metro

Welcome to the series on Mumbai Metro. This is said to be the LATEst metro in India, meaning, the metro was opened decades after it was needed. Mumbai metro was opened in 8 June 2014, but the city actually needed a metro in the 1990's. Despite being so late, Mumbai metro faced a gradual increase in it's ridership from day of opening. 

As of now, the metro consits of a 11km corridor between Varsobha and Ghatkopar, serving a very small area of Mumbai. Unlike other metros that have 2 to 3 phases, Mumbai metro has the longest Phase-1 network of around 200km. The masterplan for the metro is as follows:

Line-1:

Varsobha     to      Ghatkopar

Line-2:

Dahisar West    to     DN Nagar      to          Mankhurd

Line-3:

Colaba       to        Bandra       to       SEEPZ

Line-4:

Thane        to         Wadala

Line-5:

Thane        to         Bhiwandi        to        Kalyan

Line-6:

Lokhandwala       to        Kanjurmarg

Line-7:

Dahiser       to         Andheri      to      Bhayander

Line-8:

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Airport            to              Navi Mumbai International Airport

Line-9:

Dahisar       to         Mira-Bhayander

The Mumbai metro Phase-1 is expected to be completely running by 2025-2026. This big Metro will ease Traffic congestion in every area of the city and is expected to have a ridership of at least 25-30 lakhs per day when fully opened. 

Let Mumbai get the metro it deserves.....thank you for reading this post and stay tuned for Noida Metro next week.....Thank you