Mumbai Metro 2B partial operations to start by 2024

July 28, 2023: Siemens along with the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) will be responsible for electrification of the Mumbai Metro Line 2B, as per an order secured from Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).

Siemens share as part of the consortium is Rs 228 crore and RVNL’s share is Rs 149 crore. Siemens will manufacture, install and commission rail electrification solutions and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, covering 20 stations and one depot. RVNL will be commissioning Receiving Substations (RSS) solutions.

Gunjan Vakharia, head of mobility business, Siemens, said, “ The development of Mumbai Metro Line 2B project will play a key role in enhancing transportation infrastructure in the city. Mass transit solution is crucial for sustainable development of cities like Mumbai which will address the needs of both passengers and rail operators. ”

Mumbai Metro 2B partial operations to start by 2024

March 9, 2023: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)plans to start partial operations of the Mumbai Metro Line– 2B from Mandale Depot and Chembur in 2024. Operations will start for 5 stations that run to 5 km.

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At present, around 70% of the alignment work between Mandale and Diamond Garden is complete. At the Mandale depot, more than 55% of civil work has been completed and a double-deck Metro car depot is being constructed over 31 acres that can hold at a time around 72 metro trains.

The remaining part of the 23.643 km the Mumbai Metro 2B that is planned from DN Nagar to Mandale will start operations later.

Mumbai Metro Line-2 is divided into Mumbai Metro Line 2A, which started complete operations recently and Mumbai Metro Line 2B which is divided in two phases- Mandale Depot to Chembur and Chembur to DN Nagar. Mumbai Metro 2B is one of the three Metro routes in the city that connects the Mumbai eastern suburbs to the western suburbs. Metro Line 2B is constructed at a cost of around Rs 10, 986 crore.

Mumbai Metro 2B stations between Mandale and Chembur

Mandale

Mankhurd

BSNL

Shivaji Chowk

Diamond Garden.

Mumbai Metro 2B interchanges

With Mumbai Metro 7 or Red line at ESIC Nagar

With Mumbai Metro Line 3 or Aqua line at Income Tax Office and BKC stations

With Mumbai Metro Line 4 or Green line at Eastern Express Highway Station.

Mumbai Metro 5 corridor to be extended to Ulhasnagar

The MMRDA has plans to extend the Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan Mumbai Metro-5 corridor or the Orange line from Kalyan to Ulhasnagar. A survey for the route will be done in the next 2 months, after which a DPR will be prepared. Once approved by the government, construction will start for the 8-km route.

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