Mumbai Metro Line 3: Operations Between BKC and Worli to Commence From Saturday-Check Details

Mumbai: The Mumbai Metro Line 3 will start commercial operations between Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) and Worli Naka from Saturday, officials said. The Metro Line 3 is Mumbai’s first fully underground metro. The new section will connect busy places like Dharavi, Dadar, Siddhivinayak, Worli, and BKC (Bandra Kurla Complex). It is also called Aqua Line.

Before the service on the city's first underground metro corridor starts for the general public, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will travel by metro between BKC and Siddhivinayak Temple stations on Friday afternoon.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on October 7 last year inaugurated the underground service between JVLR Aarey and BKC stations. The service will be extended to Worli Naka from Saturday without any special ceremony, said an official of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC).

Phase 2A of the underground metro corridor is 9.77 km long, and its tunnel has been built through the rockbed underneath the Mithi River. Phase 2A will have six stations, namely, Dharavi, Shitaladevi, Dadar West, Siddhivinayak, Worli, and Acharya Atre Chowk.

Sources said that MMRC will announce details including the fare structure on Friday.

When the entire route is open, it will go from Aarey Depot in the north to Cuffe Parade in the south, stopping at 27 stations including Mumbai Central, CSMT, and Churchgate. The fare is affordable, starting at Rs 10 and going up to Rs 60, reported FPJ.

Once opened, it will save travel time and cut down traffic on crowded roads like Lady Jamshedji Road and Dr Annie Besant Road. It will reduce pollution and take pressure off packed local trains.

Some stations are not directly connected to nearby railway stations. For example, the Dadar Metro station is 1 km from Dadar railway station, which might be inconvenient for some people, the media report added.

With PTI Inputs

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