Mumbai: Dahisar - Andheri East and Dahisar - DN Nagar Metro lines likely to be operational by October

Mumbaikars may be able to travel in Dahisar Andheri East Metro line 7 and Dahisar DN Nagar Metro line 2A by October this yearAccording to officials the test run of Metro line 2A and 7 would begin on Monday and will go on for fourfive months after which the first phase will start in October and both the lines would be completely operational by January 2022A pretest program at Akurli station took place on Friday where the announcement of the test run was made by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority MMRDA officialsThe construction work on these two lines started in 2016 and the MMRDA had planned to complete the project in five years Once operational both the Metro lines would prove beneficial for commuters between Andheri and DahisarAlso Read Mumbai MMRDA to open 20km stretch of two lines in October giving people access to 18 stationsDuring the program at Akurli the officials also said that other Metro lines where the work is underway would be completed by 2026 and by 2031 over 1 crore passengers would travel by MetroAccording to officials each train has a total of six coaches with a seating capacity of 52 passengers and 328 passengers can standThe test run will be done at 1230 pm on Monday and it is said that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray would be present for the sameMETRO LINE 7Metro Line 7 from Andheri East to Dahisar East is 16475km long elevated corridor with 13 stationsIt shall provide interconnectivity among the existing Western Express Highway Western Railway Metro Line 1 Ghatkopar to Versova the ongoing Metro Line 2A Dahisar to D N Nagar and the proposed Metro Line 6 Swami Samarth Nagar to VikhroliIt shall facilitate smooth and efficient interchange with the suburban rail system and MRT system at Andheri JVLR and DahisarIt shall provide connectivity between the Central Mumbai and the Northern suburban MumbaiIt shall provide rail based access to the Mumbai International Airport CSIA SEEPZ National Park and other commercial and geographical landmarksDedicated depot is planned at Dahisar in an extent of 15 hectaresIt shall reduce the current travel time by anything between 50 per cent and 75 per cent depending on road conditionsMETRO LINE 2AMetro Line 2A from Dahisar to D N Nagar is 18589km long elevated corridor with 17 stationsIt shall provide interconnectivity among the existing Western Express Highway Western Railway Metro Line 1 Ghatkopar to Versova the ongoing Metro Lines 2B D N Nagar to Mandale amp 7 Andheri E to Dahisar E and the proposed Metro Line 6 Swami Samarth Nagar to VikhroliIt shall facilitate smooth and efficient interchange with the suburban rail system and MRT system at Dahisar and D N NagarIt shall provide connectivity between the Western Central Mumbai and the Northern suburban MumbaiIt shall provide rail based access to the commercial and geographical landmarks in MumbaiIt shall reduce the current travel time by anything between 50 per cent and 75 per cent depending on road conditions