People turn to Mumbai Metro as rain affects suburban train service
Officials said the ridership witnessed a jump by 2,000 from the previous high of 2.12 lakh recorded till then. The Metro services ran on time without any major disruption on Thursday.
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The Mumbai Metro Lines 2A & 7 reported a record single-day ridership of 2.14 lakh on July 19, 2023. (Express photo) As Mumbai received incessant rainfall on Thursday, submerging railway tracks and affecting suburban-train services and movement of vehicles, people turned to the Mumbai Metro as the Metro’s Lines 2A and 7 reported a record single-day ridership of 2.14 lakh on Thursday, according to the Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Limited.
Officials said the ridership witnessed a jump by 2,000 from the previous high of 2.12 lakh recorded till then. The Metro services ran on time without any major disruption on Thursday.
It is believed that people shifted to Metro after suburban train services and road traffic were disrupted due to rain waterlogging. (Express photo)
An official said the Gundavali and Andheri West stations that connect with the Western and Central Railway via Western Express Highway on Metro Line 1 (Versova-Andheri) draw more passengers compared to other stations on these elevated lines.
Metro Lines 2A and 7 comprise a total of 30 stations. The Line 2A corridor is from Dahisar East to D N Nagar in Andheri West and the travel time is 40 minutes. The 18.6-km fully elevated stretch has 17 stations — Andheri (West), Lower Oshiwara, Oshiwara, Goregaon (West), Pahadi Goregaon, Lower Malad, Malad (West), Valnai, Dahanukarwadi, Kandivali (West), Pahadi Eksar, Borivali (West), Eksar, Mandapeshwar, Kandarpada, Upper Dahisar and Dahisar (East).
Similarly, the Line 7 corridor from Andheri to Dahisar has a 16.5-km fully elevated stretch and the travel time is 35 minutes, running along the Western Express Highway, covering 13 stations — Gundavali, Mogra, Jogeshwari (East), Goregaon (East), Aarey, Dindoshi, Kurar, Akurli, Poisar, Magathane, Devipada, Rashtriya Udyan and Ovaripada.
The MMMOCL operates 253 services daily with 23 rakes. Four other rakes are kept on standby in case of an emergency. The Metro trains are operated between 6am and 10.30pm with a frequency of one in eight minutes during peak hours and 10 minutes during non-peak hours.
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