Mumbai Metro Expansion: Majority of 374 Km Network To Be Operational By 2027

The majority of the 374km metro network being developed in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) is expected to be operational by 2027.

Metro 3 is set to be fully operational up to Cuff Parade by June.

Additionally, Metro 4A, connecting Kasarvadavali and Gaimukh, as well as part of Metro 4 from Kasarvadavali to Cadbury, and Metro 7A from Dahisar to Mira Road, are expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Earlier this month, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had said in the state Assembly that most of the MMR Metro lines launched between 2014 and 2019 are on the verge of completion.

“Metro 3 has been completed 95 per Cent and the security trials on it have been conducted. Metro 4 is 79 per cent complete and the phase between Cadbury junction and Gandhi Nagar will be operational by December 2026, after the launch of the phase between Kasarvadavali and Cadbury by end of this year,” Fadnavis said, Hindustan Times reported.

"The phase of Thane Metro between Thane and Bhiwandi is 80 per cent complete. We have decided that the second phase, between Bhiwandi and Kalyan, will be underground as elevated Metro will need heavy rehabilitation in a 5 km stretch on the metro route,” he said.

Metro 9, connecting Andheri to the International Airport, is 55 per cent complete and is expected to be functional by December 2026.

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