Mumbai gets its first Metro
Mumbaikars witnessed the opening ceremony of the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro Corridor Mumbai Metro on Sunday after receiving the green signal from the Railway Board. Photo: Aadesh Pokhare Choudhari- Mumbai's first Metro train run for media persons was held yesterday between Versova to Jagruti Nagar. The train connects Mumbai's eastern suburb to western suburb.
- The Metro will be thrown open to public post 1PM IST on June 8.
- The initial project cost of Rs 323 crore was jacked up to Rs 359 crore with the revision and inclusion of feeder facilities. (Photo: DC/File)
- The Metro will have 12 stations from one point to the other with a frequency of approximately 3.5 minutes between two trains. This frequency will be reduced to 3 minutes during peak hours.
- A twitter post from WeAreMumbai shows the Metro staircase with graffiti and captioned it, 'We are late, but we are awesome! So much graffiti'
- The Metro will consist of six air conditioned rakes with automatic door closing, which will connect Versova to Ghatkopar via Andheri.
- The ride will be comfortable since it will accommodate automatic closing doors and air conditioned rakes.
- The Metro has a capacity to carry around 6 lakh commuters a day, and will reduce the travel time from Versova to Ghatkopar to almost 20 minutes as opposed to the usual two hour.
- The consortium has been claiming that there is a cost escalation of Rs 1,935 crore over and above the original cost of Rs 2,356 crore.
- The joint venture's failure to launch the services on time has reportedly resulted in the project cost shooting up by about 84 per cent to Rs 4,351 crore from the originally planned Rs 2,356 crore.
- According to the initial plans, the stretch was to start operations from 2009.
- MI bowler Zaheer Khan with teammate celebrates the wicket of Virat Kohli captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore. (Photo: PTI / BCCI)
- Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) is a joint venture between Reliance Infrastructure, French firm Veolia Transport and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
- Mumbaikars will finally witness the opening ceremony of the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro Corridor Mumbai Metro on Sunday after receiving the green signal from the Railway Board.
- Railway's research arm RDSO is finally issued the 'speed certificate' to the much-awaited Mumbai Metro and the wait is finally over. Photo: Twitter
- The Metro has a capacity to carry around 6 lakh commuters a day, and will reduce the travel time.
- State government wants minimum fare of 9 and maximum fare of 13 (Photo: Dc Archive)
Mumbaikars witnessed the opening ceremony of the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro Corridor Mumbai Metro on Sunday after receiving the green signal from the Railway Board. Photo: Aadesh Pokhare Choudhari
Mumbai gets its first Metro
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