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

Written By Prashant Tamta | Updated: Jul 17, 2024, 03:43 PM IST

Metro Line 3 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 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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