Commuters would have to switch trains at Dahisar, the shared station for both Metro Lines 2A and 7, according to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the project’s implementing authority.
On the 35-kilometer stretch of Mumbai Metro Line 2A (Dahisar to DN Nagar) and Line 7, commuters would need to switch trains to get from one line to the other (Dahisar E to Andheri E).
Commuters would have to switch trains at Dahisar, the shared station for both Metro Lines 2A and 7, according to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the project’s implementing authority.
An official gave the following justification for why common trains wouldn’t operate throughout the whole 35 km of both Metro lines: “Metro Line 2A and 7 will run adjacent to the Western Express Highway (WEH) and Link Road in the suburbs. Therefore, operating regular Metro trains on both lines will be useless since people won’t use the Metro to get from east to west or vice versa.
Metro service is currently in operation on the 20-km section of the combined Metro Lines 2A and 7 between Aarey and Dhanukarwadi (Phase 1). This portion of the roadway resembles a horseshoe or a ring road in form. This implies that a person may go to Dhanukarwadi station on Line 2A without changing trains at Dahisar if they board a train at Aarey, which is on Metro Line 7. When Metro Line 2A and 7’s Phase 2 is completely operational, though, that won’t be the case.
By the end of this month, the MMRDA hopes to start operating the full Line 2A and 7. Currently, the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety is in charge of overseeing the last phase of Phase 2. (CMRS). Commercial activities can get started as soon as the safety clearance certificate is in place. Before opening the corridor to passengers, the last and final CMRS certification requires oversight of the rails, signalling, electrical systems, and civil construction.
Once they are made available to the public, the two elevated lanes should assist to reduce local rail overcrowding by 10% to 15%.
The daily capacity of these two new lines will be 3 lakh, and by 2031, it is anticipated that this number would increase to 11.31 lakh. The trains will feature six coaches, each of which can accommodate 380 passengers, and run seven minutes apart. The new Metro carriages were produced by Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML).
