Mumbai Metro Line 3 services to be restricted from April 12 to 14 for final testing, check details

Mumbai Metro Line 3 will operate on a changed schedule from April 12 to April 14 2025 due to final testing of services an official notification said on SaturdayIt said that the train services will begin operations at 730 pm and will end early at 930 pm on all three days due to final integration testingAn official notification was also posted on the official X account of Mumbai metro Line 3Connecting the future one test at a timeTrain services on Mumbai Metro Line 3 will end early at 930 PM 12ndash14 April amp begin at 730 AM on 14 April due to final integration testingPlan ahead and thank you for your understanding hellip pictwittercomrighPchBFfmdash MumbaiMetro3 MumbaiMetro3 April 12 2025It said that the passengers are advised to plan their travel accordinglySchedule for Metro Line 3April 12 Saturday Services from 630 am to 930 pmApril 13 Sunday Services from 830 am to 930 pmApril 14 Monday Services from 730 am to 930 pmMeanwhile earlier this week the Mumbai Metro had on Tuesday revealed the first look of the muchawaited Dharavi Metro Station part of the Aqua Line 3 of metro project in cityThe Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited MMRCL which is executing ColabaBandraSEEPZ Metro Line 3 shared the first look of the Dharavi Metro Station on its officials X accountIt wrote Dharavi Metro Station is built using the cutandcover methodology along the banks of Mithi River The station has successfully navigated several challenges including land acquisition traffic diversions and diversion of multiple utilities during the construction of Aqua LineEarlier in February this year the Mumbai Metro Aqua Line 3 had stated that it had commenced train movement ahead of Kotak BKC Metro station on the Dharavi to Acharya Atre Chowk stretch covering 977 km and six stationsldquoTrain movement was completed till Acharya Atre Chowk station for trials The stretch is expected to open for commercial operations by March 2025 subject to inspection and safety certifications by the commissioner of metro rail safetyrdquo a spokesperson had earlier saidThe officials had earlier said that working under the Mithi River for such a project was a big challenge It has never been attempted here under such soil conditions and hence there was no precedent of any kind The Mithi River is crossed by a twintunnel section running under the river between Bandra Kurla Complex and Dharavi stations Work was taken up with tunnel boring machines TBMs named Godavari 3 and Godavari 4 and the New Australian Tunneling Method which involves sequential excavationFrom the entire 3 km twin tunnel section running between BKC and Dharavi approximately 2 km passes under an expanded water body including a 500metre segment of the active Mithi River channel To tackle this challenge customdesigned earth balance machines were developed specifically for tunnelling beneath the wateratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params