Two new metro lines to start in city suburbs on April 2
Mumbai Eight years after the city got its first Metro corridor, two more metro lines will become operational on April 2, as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will partially open two Metro corridors. The two lines will begin full operations starting Sunday (April 3) from 5 am to 11 pm, daily.
On March 25, the MMRDA received the safety certification from the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) to operate metros (at a maximum speed of 70 kmph) on two corridors partially: Metro-2A will begin operations between Dahisar and Dahanukarwadi, while Metro-7 will begin operations between Dahisar and Aarey Colony.
The full span of the Metro-2A corridor is from Dahisar (east) to DN Nagar (Andheri west) on the Link Road, while Metro-7 is from Dahisar (east) to Andheri (east) on the Western Express Highway — both are expected to be fully ready in October and this will increase Mumbai’s Metro network to nearly 50km from its current 12km.
