Mumbai Metro Aqua line: First underground metro line in city to start from this date; check route, stations and more

Mumbai's first underground Metro rail corridor, known as Metro Line 3, will start operating from July 24, Bharatiya Janata Party's general secretary Vinod Tawde said on Wednesday. Mumbai Metro Line 3, also known as Mumbai Metro Aqua Line or Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Line, is a 33.5 km underground route. It will connect south Mumbai to the city's western suburbs and is expected to reduce the burden on the suburban locals.

"Mumbai's first underground metro (Aqua Line) is starting from July 24, which will give new impetus to the speed of the city," Tawde wrote on X. 
 
Mumbai Metro Aqua line stations

The new metro line will have 27 stops from Aarey Colony to Cuffe Parade. The service on the line will start at 6.30 am and continue till 11 pm. Check list of stations below:

1. Cuffe Parade
2. Vidhan Bhavan
3. Churchgate
4. Hutatma Chowk
5. CST Metro
6. Kalabadevi
7. Girgaon
8. Grant Road
9. Mumbai Central Metro
10. Mahalaxmi
11. Science Museum
12. Acharya Atre Chowk
13. Worli
14. Siddhivinayak
15. Dadar
16. Sitaladevi
17. Dharavi
18. BKC
19. Vidyanagari
20. Santacruz
21. Domestic Airport
22. Sahar Road
23. International Airport
24. Marol Naka
25. MIDC
26. SEEPZ
27. Aarey Depot 

 The Metro Line 3 project is funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the total project cost, revised to Rs 37,276 crore as approved by the Union government in February this year, includes a JICA loan of Rs 21,280 crore. Last month, Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) successfully completed the trials of rolling stock for the underground Mumbai Metro Line 3.

(With inputs from PTI)

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