Photographs: Sahil Salvi
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday inaugurated the India’s first monorail service in Mumbai.
The service will start on the 8.9 km Wadala-Chembur section in the central-eastern suburbs of the metropolis after a delay of over two years.
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India's first monorail rolls out in Mumbai
Photographs: Sahil Salvi
The commercial operations will begin from February 2, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) chief UPS Madan said.
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India's first monorail rolls out in Mumbai
Photographs: Sahil Salvi
The Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) mono rail project is being implemented in two phases.
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India's first monorail rolls out in Mumbai
Photographs: Sahil Salvi
The first phase comprises the 8.9 km long Wadala-Chembur section.
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India's first monorail rolls out in Mumbai
Photographs: Sahil Salvi
In the second phase the services will be extended to Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk in South Mumbai.
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India's first monorail rolls out in Mumbai
Photographs: Sahil Salvi
The Authority has fixed fares between Rs 5-11 for the first phase of operations, he said adding that MMRDA will operate six trains in the first phase, and another 10 will be added in the second.
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India's first monorail rolls out in Mumbai
Photographs: Sahil Salvi
To begin with, the services will operate with four coaches having a combined carrying capacity of 2,300 passengers at every 15 minutes, Madan said.
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India's first monorail rolls out in Mumbai
Photographs: Sahil Salvi
"We aim to provide a service at every four minutes going forward," he said.
The monorail project has been executed by a consortium of engineering major Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T) and Malaysian firm Scomi Engineering and owned and operated by MMRDA.
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India's first monorail rolls out in Mumbai
Photographs: Sahil Salvi
The monorail is expected to reduce the travel time between Wadala and Chembur by almost half, from 40 minutes at present to nearly 21 minutes.
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India's first monorail rolls out in Mumbai
Photographs: Sahil Salvi
MMRDA has already spent Rs 1,900 crore (Rs 19 billion) of the Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) allocated for the project, Madan said adding, "the civil work on the second phase of the project has been completed."
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