{"id":196,"date":"2014-01-31T19:32:21","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T19:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/?p=196"},"modified":"2014-01-31T19:33:33","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T19:33:33","slug":"mumbai-monorail-to-start-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/2014\/01\/mumbai-monorail-to-start-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Mumbai Monorail to start today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most awaited Mumbai Monorail will be starting soon from 1-Feb-2014. First phase service will run between Wadala and Chembur. Mumbai Monorail will be inaugurated by hon CM of Maharashtra <b>Prithviraj Chavan<\/b> on 31-Jan-2014.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Mumbai_Monorail_logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-197\" alt=\"Mumbai Monorail logo\" src=\"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Mumbai_Monorail_logo.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/First_Monorail_Arrives_in_Mumbai.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-198\" alt=\"First Monorail Arrives in Mumbai\" src=\"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/First_Monorail_Arrives_in_Mumbai.png\" width=\"700\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Phase 1 Fare Chart of Mumbai Monorail<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Mumbai_Monorail_ticket_Fare_chart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-199\" alt=\"Mumbai Monorail ticket Fare chart\" src=\"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Mumbai_Monorail_ticket_Fare_chart.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"726\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some interesting facts about Mumbai Monorail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monorail System<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Safe and efficient mode of urban transport<\/li>\n<li>Negotiates sharper curves, steeper gradients<\/li>\n<li>Ideal for congested urban areas<\/li>\n<li>Passenger capacity up to 20,000 PHPD<\/li>\n<li>Project by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monorail Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faster connectivity between Wadala and Chembur<\/li>\n<li>Reduces travel time by 50% (approximately 21 minutes to travel from Wadala to Chembur)<\/li>\n<li>Impetus to growth along the corridor<\/li>\n<li>Reduces congestion on roads<\/li>\n<li>Environment-friendly, derailment-proof, noiseless system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monorail Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Air-conditioned Coaches with computer based interlocking<\/li>\n<li>Affordable fare structure<\/li>\n<li>Lifts for differently abled<\/li>\n<li>Automatic Train Protection and Control<\/li>\n<li>Automatic Fare Collection System<\/li>\n<li>4 train coaches in each monorail<\/li>\n<li>568 Passenger capacity per monorail trip<\/li>\n<li>Average Speed is 31 Km.<\/li>\n<li>Max Speed monorail can run is 80 Km.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Timings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trains will run from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm. The timing will be increased to 5:00 am to 12:00 midnight later<\/li>\n<li>Initial frequency will be every 15 minutes. The frequency will be reduced to 9 minutes later<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Phase 1 Stations (8.93 KM distance)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Wadala Depot<\/li>\n<li>Bhakti Park<\/li>\n<li>Mysore Colony<\/li>\n<li>Bharat Petroleum<\/li>\n<li>Fertilizer Township<\/li>\n<li>VPN and RC Marg Junction<\/li>\n<li>Chembur<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Phase 2 Stations (will be ready early 2015) (11.2 KM distance)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>GTB Nagar<\/li>\n<li>Antop Hill<\/li>\n<li>Acharya Aatre Nagar<\/li>\n<li>Wadala Bridge<\/li>\n<li>Dada East<\/li>\n<li>Naigaon<\/li>\n<li>Ambedkar Nagar<\/li>\n<li>Mint Colony<\/li>\n<li>Lower Parel<\/li>\n<li>Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Here is \u00a0Temporary and Tentative <a title=\"Mumbai Railway and Monorail Timetable\" href=\"\/\">Timetable of Monorail<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Mumbai_Monorail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-200\" alt=\"Mumbai Monorail\" src=\"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Mumbai_Monorail.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"447\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/GTB_Nagar_Monorail_Security_Check.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-201\" alt=\"GTB Nagar Monorail Security Check\" src=\"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/GTB_Nagar_Monorail_Security_Check.jpg\" width=\"693\" height=\"478\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Most awaited Mumbai Monorail will be starting soon from 1-Feb-2014. First phase service will run between Wadala and Chembur. Mumbai Monorail will be inaugurated by <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/2014\/01\/mumbai-monorail-to-start-today\/\" title=\"Mumbai Monorail to start today\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[79,81,84,82,77,150,80,83,78],"class_list":["post-196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mumbai-monorail","tag-bhakti-park","tag-bharat-petroleum","tag-chembur","tag-fertilizer-township","tag-mmrda","tag-mumbai-monorail","tag-mysore-colony","tag-vpn-and-rc-marg-junction","tag-wadala-depot"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202,"href":"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions\/202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go4mumbai.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}