Know important 15 Facts about Mumbai Metro Rail Map with Video

Know important 15 Facts about Mumbai Metro Rail Map with Video

On Wednesday, Chief Minister of Maharashtra flagged off trial run for Mumbai's first metro rail.
the trial run was held between Versova and Azad Nagar stations, that is a stretch of around 3 km.
With the trial run, works for the metro has entered the final stages.
Once the trial runs are successful, it will be followed by mandatory safety certifications from various agencies.


Below are facts are about Mumbai Metro Rail

1-
Mumbai Metro Rail
Maximum Speed – 80 KMPH
Average Speed - 33 KMPH

Do you think it will run with 80 KMPH or 33 KMPH

Or after few months someone will find the problems and speed of Metro Rail will become
10 or 20 KMPH.

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Mumbai Metro Rail will have four coaches that will cater to 1,100 passengers each.
In future, they will be turned  six coaches and will cater to  1650 passengers.

3-
Metro Rail Project includes a water treatment plant where three lakh liters will be recycled daily. Its capacity is to recycle five lakh liters daily.

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Each Metro Train will contain a black box like planes , the black box will help the investigators in case of accidents.

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Each train will have  LCD screens and 3D route maps for passenger convenience.

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The Mumbai Metro rail will travel at a height of 39 meters on the cable stayed bridge across the Western Express Highway at Andheri.

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The 11-km long metro rail  covers Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar will be opened in two phases.

8-
First phase between Versova - Airport Road  will be opened for public by September
The entire corridor will be ready for public use only by December 2013.

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The Mumbai Metro's operator is Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL), a joint venture company formed by Reliance Infrastructure, Veolia Transport and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).

10-
Mumbai Metro Rail construction began in year 2008.

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The Mumbai Metro is a rapid transit system will be built in three phases over a 15-year period, with overall completion expected in 2021.
When complete, the core system will comprise three high-capacity metro railway lines, spanning a total of 63 kilometers

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Versova – Andheri Ghatkopar Corridor –
A –
Journey time: 21 minutes
 Frequency: 3.5 minutes, going down to 3 minutes during peak hours
 Fares # (2003-2004 level)
  Rs. 6 up to 3 Kms.
  Rs. 8 between 3 Kms.to 8 Kms.
  Rs. 10 beyond 8 Kms.

# Fares indicated are for 2003-2004 level and shall be revised @ 11% every fourth year (rounded off to the nearest rupee). Fares shall be fixed by Government of Maharashtra, through a notification

B-
Alignment –


a)  
The Proposed Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro corridor will be 11.40 Km long double line on elevated viaduct with Standard Gauge (1435 mm)

b)  
The proposed alignment starts at Versova, runs along the JP Road, crosses the SV Road and Western Railway tracks to the North of existing Andheri Suburban Railway Station

c)  
The alignment travels on the MV Road ( Andheri-Kurla Road). It crosses the Western Express Highway (WEH) above the existing flyover and reaches Sakinaka

d)  
From Sakinaka the alignment travels along the Andheri-Ghatkopar link Road upto Asalpha

e)  
After Asalpha, the alignment crosses the Kadam Road and runs through Golibar Road upto LBS Marg after taking almost 90 degrees turn behind the Sarvodaya Hospital

f)  
From the LBS Marg the alignment passes along the Heera Chand Desai Road upto Ghatkopar proposed Metro Station near the Ghatkopar Suburban Railway Station

g)  
The take off point for Car depot is located near proposed DN Nagar Metro Station

C –
Civil
Elevated Viaduct with PSC Segmental construction
12 Elevated stations over the roads
 Car Depot at DN Nagar
 Ballastless track
Operational Control Centre (OCC), Metro Head Office and maintenance depots in the Car Depot premises

There are twelve stations on the route. They are:

a)  
Versova

b)  
D.N. Nagar

c)  
Azad Nagar

d)  
Andheri

e)  
Western Express Highway (WEH)

f)  
Chakala

g)  
Airport Road

h)  
Marol Naka

i)  
Saki Naka

j)  
Subhash Nagar

k)  
Asalpha Road

l)  
Ghatkopar

The average distance between two stations will be around 1km

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The frequency of the trains would initially be 3.5 minutes which would be further increased over a period of time.

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Metro is planned to have ultra modern Automatic Fare Collection System (AFC).
There would be options for taking a smart card (for multiple journeys) or single journey tokens. Other technologically advanced solutions are also being examined.

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A skywalk is proposed to connect Andheri Metro Station to the foot over bridge of Andheri suburban station (Western Railway) on the east side.
The terminal station at Ghatkopar is planned over Hirachand Desai Marg. It is proposed to connect Metro Station at Ghatkopar to the newly constructed foot over bridge of Central Railway Ghatkopar station on the west side.

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