Mumbai Metro Rail inaugurated by CM Shri Prithviraj Chowhan on 8-Jun-2014 at 1:0pm.
What you must know about Mumbai Metro:
- Mumbai Metro project started in year 2009
- Estimated Project cost was Rs. 2356 Crore
- Project was jointly funded in the name of MMOPL
- 69% Reliance Infra: Rs. 354 crore
- 5% Violia Transport: Rs. 25 crore
- 26% MMRDA: Rs. 133 crore
- VGF Rs. 650 crore given to MMOPL
- Mumbai Metro will connect Ghatkopar station to Versova in west Mumbai.
- Usually this route takes more than 1 hour to travel. In Metro you can travel this in around 20 minutes
- There are 12 stations in route covering about 11.4 KM of distance.
- Ghatkopar
- Jagruti Nagar
- Asalpha
- Sakinaka
- Marol
- Airport Road
- Chakala
- Western Express Highway
- Andheri
- Azad Nagar
- DN Nagar
- Versova
- As per Govt proposed fare is set between Rs. 9 to Rs. 13 but Reliance wants it to be around Rs. 10 to Rs. 40
- For one month inaugural fare offer is set to Rs. 10 from any station to any station.
- Metro will operate everyday between 5:30am to 12:00 midnight. There will be frequency of every 8 minutes and 4 minutes during the peak time.
- Each Metro train will have 4 cars with total passenger carrying capacity of 1178 passengers.
- There will be two ways to pay the Metro fare
- Contactless Smart Card (CSC)
- Contactless Smart Token (CST) – for a Single Journey.
- Stand on left side while using escalators on Metro Stations.
- Elevators are provided at all the metro stations especially for senior citizens, differently abled passengers.
- All stations have separate washrooms for ladies, gents and differently abled passengers.
- Drinking water is available at all the stations.
- Separate Metro Act is created to punish for offences.
Check the tentative Timetable, Station & Fare details here: http://Go4Mumbai.com
