Metro-3 to ease Mumbai’s travel woes: The aqua line service will start at 11 am from both Aarey JVLR station and Bandra-Kurla Complex on October 7 (Monday) and the last train will depart at 8.30 pm
The Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) to Aarey Stretch of Mumbai Metro line 3 – the aqua line – is set to open for public from Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the phase one and took a ride till Santacruz station and back, during which he interacted with students, beneficiaries of the Maharashtra government’s Ladki Bahin Yojana and labourers involved in constructing the city’s first underground Metro line. He also launched the MetroConnect3 app designed to enhance the travel experience for commuters.
The 12.69-kilometre stretch between Aarey Colony and BKC is part of the 33.5-kilometre Colaba-Seepz-Aarey Metro line 3, which received the final clearance from the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) earlier this week.
Here’s all you need to know before your Monday travel:
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STATIONS
The corridor between BKC and Aarey has 10 Metro stations.
- BKC
- Bandra Colony
- Santacruz
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) T1
- Sahar Road
- CSMIA T 2
- Marol Naka
- Andheri
- SEEPZ
- Aarey Colony JVLR, which is the only station at grade
TIMINGS
The aqua line service will start at 11 am from both Aarey JVLR station and Bandra-Kurla Complex on October 7 (Monday) and the last train will depart at 8.30 pm.
From October 8, regular service of Mumbai Metro 3 will run daily from 6.30 am to 10:30 pm (Monday to Saturday) and on Sundays from 8.30 am to 10.30 pm.
FREQUENCY
During rush hours: 6.5 minutes
At other times: Every 15-20 minutes
96 round trips between Aarey and BKC
48 pilots, 10 of them are women
4 lakh: Estimated daily ridership
FARES
Minimum fare: Rs 10
Maximum: Rs 50
HOW TO GET TICKETS?
Tickets can be purchased via a dedicated app or at physical counters. (Link in X post below)
HOW IT WILL HELP
6.5 lakh vehicular trips will be slashed due to the first phase of the Mumbai Metro-3.
The traffic on the roads on the stretch is expected to reduce by 35 per cent.
Nearly 3.54 lakh litres of fuel is expected to be saved due to the line.
THE CONNECTIVITY
The Aarey-BKC stretch provides connectivity to both Terminal 1 and 2 of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport as well as the Ghatkopar-Andheri-Versova Metro line 1 at Marol Naka station.
Once fully operational between Aarey and Colaba in south Mumbai, Metro-3 will cater to around 13 lakh passengers daily with train frequency of around three-four minutes. It will ferry approximately 2,500 passengers in each rake of eight coaches. The estimated daily ridership in the first phase will be four lakh, as per the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL).
The operational speed on the line is 85 kilometres per hour (kmph), while the average running speed will be 35 kmph.
