The total expense for construction of these proposed Metro corridors is Rs 82,172 crore for which the MMRDA including the MMRC is taking loans from international and domestic financial institutions and banks for funding the project
Mumbai’s first AC Metro corridor between Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar (VAG), which was inaugurated in 2014, carries approximately 3.50 lakh passengers during weekdays. In a move to bring the suburbs closer, the construction of three more Metro corridors is underway.
Several agencies are involved in making the 150-km-long Metro- network plan for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) a reality in the coming years. All the proposed Metro corridors will have AC coaches and ferry approximately 75 lakh commuters daily — the carrying capacity of the suburban local trains operational in MMR.
The total expense for construction of these proposed Metro corridors is Rs 82,172 crore for which the MMRDA including the MMRC is taking loans from international and domestic financial institutions and banks for funding the project.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is currently executing three Metro corridors: Dahisar-DN Nagar Metro-2A corridor, Andheri east- Dahisar east Metro-7 corridor for which the work is expected to be commissioned in 2019. On the other hand, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) is executing the underground corridor between Colaba and Seepz.
These three corridors are said to boost connectivity for commuters, residing in central and western suburbs, travelling to south Mumbai on daily basis.
Commuters residing in Dahisar and Borivali can take the Metro-7 corridor that is proposed to be extended up to the airport. From the airport, one can take the Metro-3 underground corridor which connects all the way up to Colaba.
Commuters travelling from central suburbs to western suburbs can take the existing Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro-1 corridor and interchange to the Metro-2A corridor at DN Nagar station and travel all the way up to Dahisar. From this point, another extension up to Bhayandar is also in the pipeline by MMRDA.
Civil work on two additional Metro corridors — DN Nagar-Mandale Metro-2B, an extension of Metro-2A corridor and Wadala-Thane-Kasarvadavli Metro-4 corridor — is set to begin by mid-2018.
The Metro-4 corridor is proposed to be extended up to CST from Wadala and the extension will be called the Metro-8 corridor.
While Metro corridors worldwide have AC coaches, in India the only non-AC Metro corridor is in Kolkata, which recently (WHEN) decided to turn their Metro to AC coaches. The Kolkata Metro has also ordered to procure around 40 AC Metro rakes from China.
Monorail
Indias first monorail was inaugurated by CM Prithviraj Chavan in Mumbai on February 1, 2014.— File Photo
Ever since the first phase of the monorail was commissioned between Wadala and Chembur in 2014, it has been in the news for constant breakdowns in the rakes. The first phase has been non-functional since November 2017, after an empty coach of the Monorail caught fire. The second phase of Monorail between Wadala and Jacob Circle in Mahalaxmi is expected to be operational in January 2018, offering a comfortable ride to commuters in AC coaches. Both the phases of Monorail, when operational together, are expected to see around 1 lakh commuters on a daily basis.
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