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After its inauguration, Metro 3 volition not beryllium opened to the nationalist immediately. It is apt to beryllium opened to the nationalist connected Monday. (Photo courtesy: MMRC)
The much-awaited Mumbai Metro Line 3, the city’s archetypal underground Metro, volition beryllium inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Saturday during his sojourn to the city. Out of a full 33.5-km-long underground corridor, lone a 12.44-km agelong betwixt Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) and Aarey volition beryllium inaugurated, 7 years aft operation began. While civilian enactment connected the remaining agelong is inactive ongoing beyond BKC to Cuffe Parade successful South Mumbai, which is slated to unfastened lone by mid-next year, according to the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL), the task implementing authority, a 50:50 associated task of the Centre and the Maharashtra government.
Apart from Metro 3, Modi volition besides bash groundbreaking of different large infrastructure projects, including the Thane Ring Metro task and the caller Thane municipal headquarters. The PM volition besides sojourn the BKC Metro 3 station.
After its inauguration, Metro 3 volition not beryllium opened to the nationalist immediately. It is apt to beryllium opened to the nationalist connected Monday.
Phase 1 of the project, spanning from Aarey to BKC, volition let commuters to question betwixt this agelong successful conscionable 30 minutes, with trains moving each 6.5 minutes during highest time. Currently, the aforesaid travel by roadworthy during highest traffic, peculiarly on the Western Express Highway (WEH), tin instrumentality implicit an hr owed to predominant postulation congestion.
MMRCL Managing Director Ashwini Bhide had, successful an earlier media briefing, said that with 96 trips daily, the services volition run from 6:30 americium to 10:30 p.m. connected weekdays and, connected weekends, from 8:30 americium onwards. The minimum fare volition beryllium Rs 10 and maximum volition beryllium Rs 50 betwixt Aarey and BKC for 1 mode trip.
Meanwhile, Kaneko Toshihiro, Deputy Consul General of Japan successful Mumbai, stated, “The Mumbai Metro Line 3 is 1 of Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) projects. It is heartening to spot that the increasing and deepening enslaved betwixt India and Japan is reflecting done the world of these projects. Another associated iconic task betwixt Japan and India aft Atal Setu, it volition alteration Mumbaikars’ regular commute by reducing their question time, and mitigate postulation and aerial pollution. We are arrogant that the Japan authorities is portion of transport infrastructure improvement successful Mumbai and look guardant to an aboriginal cognition of afloat Metro Line 3.”
Metro 3 completion outgo is pegged astatine Rs 37,276 crore, funded 60% by JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) and is expected to interaction ridership of 31.51 lakh regular by 2055. Line 3 volition beryllium the large arterial enactment successful the North -South absorption alleviating roadworthy congestion. The enactment volition link six concern districts, 30 offices, 12 acquisition institutions, 11 large hospitals, 10 proscription hubs, 25 spiritual and recreational centres, and supply connectivity to some home and planetary airports. It volition besides service areas similar Kalbadevi, Nariman Point, Cuffe Parade, and BKC, which presently deficiency nonstop rail-based transport connections.
The task has seen extended collaboration from experts from countries specified arsenic Singapore, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Australia, Israel, Hong Kong, and Malaysia, among others.
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Phase I: Aarey to BKC (Now acceptable for commissioning)
No. of stations: 10 (9 underground stations + 1 At-Grade station)
Distance: 12.44 km
Headway: 6.5 minutes (to beryllium reduced with commissioning of further phases)
No. of trips: 96 circular trips (Aarey JVLR to BKC)
No. of trains for Phase I: 9
Operating speed: 85 kmph
Phase II: BKC to Cuffe Parade: (expected commissioning March 2025)
Total magnitude : 33.5 km (fully underground corridor)
Stations: 27 (26 underground + 1 At-Grade)
Depot : Aarey
Project cost: Rs 37,275.82 crore
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