Mumbai: Rolling Stock for Metro line 2A, line 7 reach city from Bengaluru

The muchawaited rolling stock of the DahisarD N Nagar metro line 2A and DahisarAndheri East metro line 7 have finally reached Mumbai after a long road journey from BengaluruMMRDAMetroUpdate Its time to welcome amp celebrate the new chapter of MumbaiInMinutes Rolling Stocks from Mumbai Metro Line 2A amp Line 7 have reached their destination CMOMaharashtra mieknathshinde AUThackeray MMMOCL_Official pictwittercomifYHtr58vgmdash MMRDA MMRDAOfficial January 28 2021Posting about the same on its officials Twitter handle MMMRDA said MMRDAMetroUpdate Its time to welcome amp celebrate the new chapter of MumbaiInMinutes uD83DuDE87Rolling Stocks from Mumbai Metro Line 2A amp Line 7 have reached their destination uD83CuDF8AIt may be noted that the first rakes of both these important corridors reached Mumbai on Thursday morning Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will unveil the rakes at the Charkop metro depot on FridayThe trailers carrying the Made in India rakes left for Mumbai on January 24 from the manufacturing unit of Bharat Earth Movers Limited According to MMRDA officials the trail run on metro 2A and metro line 7 is expected to begin in March this year and the operations are expected to begin from MayThe completion of this metro corridor is going on in full swing on the arterial new link road and the Western Express Highway between Andheri and Dahisar On the majority of the stretch on both these corridors the girders have been launched over the piers and the station completion work is also progressingThe fares on the abovementioned corridor would be as per the fare fixation committee which would be Rs 10 for 03 km Rs 20 for 312 km Rs 30 for 1218 km Rs 40 for 1824 km and Rs 50 for 2430 km and so onMMRDA has undertaken the construction of many infrastructure projects in Mumbai including the expansion of the metro network in Mumbai and Mumbai Metropolitan Region MMR by taking up DahisarAndheri East metro line DahisarD N Nagar metro line WadalaThaneKasarvadavli metro line D N NagarMandale Metro line Swami Samarth Nagar metro line and also other infrastructure projects like Mumbai Trans Harbor Link Project connecting Sewree with Nhava ShevaMetro line 7Metro Line 7 from Andheri E to Dahisar E is a 16475 km 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 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 to an extent of 15 HaIt shall reduce the current travel time by anything between 50 per cent and 75 per cent depending on road conditionsMetro Line 2A Metro Line 2A from Dahisar to D N Nagar is an 18589 km 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 pc and 75 pc depending on road conditions