Mumbai Metro 3: First Phase from BKC to Aarey to Start in October, Fares Announced
Mumbai Metro 3 Aarey Ticket Rates: There is good news for commuters travelling between Bandra Kurla Complex and Aarey. Because the passengers traveling on this route will be able to travel BKC-Aarey in just half an hour. They will have to pay Rs 50 for the trip. The first phase of Mumbai's much-awaited underground Metro Line 3 will be open to Mumbaikars in October. Currently, Mumbaikars use the Western Express Highway to travel from Aarey to BKC. However, there are heavy traffic jams in the morning and evening. Therefore, Mumbaikars are relieved. However, now the Aarey-BKC metro is going to start and the metro will run on this route in six to seven minutes during the peak hours.
The first phase of Mumbai Metro 3 will be launched in the first week of October. Ashwini Bhide, the managing director of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, which is building and maintaining the metro, confirmed the news to media
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The first phase of Metro 3 will have a total of 10 stations and 96 daily trips will be operated between Aarey and BKC. The metro will run every six-and-a-half minutes. Once the first phase of the metro is operational, the line is expected to carry around 4.5 lakh passengers per day. Tickets are priced between Rs. 10 and Rs. 50.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Mumbai to inaugurate the metro rail project. PM Modi will also flag off the Mumbai Metro 3. However, MMRDA officials did not confirm this.
The construction has been completed and only the certificate is awaited.
Aarey-BKC is the first phase of the 33.5 -km Metro 3 corridor. At the same time, the process of obtaining the necessary safety certificate for metro movement is in the final stage. The certificate is expected to be issued in the next few days. The Aarey-BKC corridor will be open for traffic from the first week of October. Therefore, the dream of Mumbaikars to travel by underground metro is now on the way to fulfillment. Meanwhile, the trial of this metro has also been completed on Tuesday.
Subway Metro 3 services from 6.30 am to 10.30 pm
According to the MMRC's schedule, Metro 3 will operate between Aarey-BKC from 6.30 am to 10.30 pm from Monday to Saturday. "" "Metro 3 services will be operational during the first phase from 8.30 am to 10.30 pm on Sunday," "he said."
