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Business Standard
a day ago
- Automotive
- Business Standard
Mumbai's first metro line completes 11 years; served 1.11 bn commuters
Mumbai's first metro corridor, the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar line, has completed 11 years of operations, having transported more than 111 crore commuters since its launch in 2014. In a release issued earlier this week, Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) said that of the 12 stations on the 11.8-km corridor, Ghatkopar recorded the highest footfall with 30 crore commuters, followed by Andheri with 23 crore and Saki Naka with 11 crore. The current weekday ridership stands at around 500,000, with a peak of 547,000 commuters, it added. The agency said that Metro Line 1, or Metro One, has made more than 12.6 lakh train trips, covering 1.45 crore km while maintaining 99.99 per cent punctuality and 99.96 per cent train availability. The Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar (VAG) corridor, which commenced operations on June 8, 2014, is considered one of the major east-west links in the metropolis. The corridor's integration with other lines Line 2A at DN Nagar, Line 7 at Western Express Highway, and Line 3 at Marol Naka has improved connectivity and reduced commute times, the release said. The MMOPL has introduced short-loop services between Ghatkopar and Andheri, enhancing capacity on the busiest section of the route. As per the release, the metro line has received more than 40 national and international awards, including the Urban Mobility India Award (2024) for Best Passenger Services and iNFHRA Awards for Transportation Innovation and Green Commuting. Metro One's operations have helped offset more than 67,000 tonnes of CO2 annually, equivalent to planting more than 3 million trees, and its sustainable features, such as regenerative braking, energy-efficient trains, and solar-powered infrastructure, contribute to its green credentials. As India's first metro project under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP), the VAG corridor has become a symbol of reliable, efficient, and eco-conscious urban mobility, the MMOPL stated in the release.
Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Mumbai's first metro line completes 11 years; served 111 cr commuters since 2014
Mumbai, Mumbai's first metro corridor, the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar line, has completed 11 years of operations, having transported more than 111 crore commuters since its launch in 2014. In a release issued earlier this week, Mumbai Metro One Private Limited said that of the 12 stations on the 11.8-km corridor, Ghatkopar recorded the highest footfall with 30 crore commuters, followed by Andheri with 23 crore and Saki Naka with 11 crore. The current weekday ridership stands at around 5 lakh, with a peak of 5.47 lakh commuters, it added. The agency said that Metro Line 1, or Metro One, has made more than 12.6 lakh train trips, covering 1.45 crore km while maintaining 99.99 per cent punctuality and 99.96 per cent train availability. The Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor, which commenced operations on June 8, 2014, is considered one of the major east-west links in the metropolis. The corridor's integration with other lines — Line 2A at DN Nagar, Line 7 at Western Express Highway, and Line 3 at Marol Naka — has improved connectivity and reduced commute times, the release said. The MMOPL has introduced short-loop services between Ghatkopar and Andheri, enhancing capacity on the busiest section of the route. As per the release, the metro line has received more than 40 national and international awards, including the Urban Mobility India Award for Best Passenger Services and iNFHRA Awards for Transportation Innovation and Green Commuting. Metro One's operations have helped offset more than 67,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually, equivalent to planting more than 3 million trees, and its sustainable features, such as regenerative braking, energy-efficient trains, and solar-powered infrastructure, contribute to its green credentials. 'As India's first metro project under a Public-Private Partnership , the VAG corridor has become a symbol of reliable, efficient, and eco-conscious urban mobility,' the MMOPL stated in the release.
Hindustan Times
22-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Ten years on, passengers want an upgrade to Metro-1
MUMBAI: Some may call it a success story. But for frequent users of Metro 1, their patience is wearing thin. Long wait times on narrow, overcrowded platforms and a shoulder-to-shoulder commute during peak hours in closed air-conditioned coaches is not what the city promised when it flagged off Mumbai's first metro rail corridor a decade ago. Over the last couple of days, frustration has been spilling over on this Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar metro corridor. The stations at Ghatkopar, Andheri and Marol are particularly congested. An average 114,500 commuters use Ghatkopar station daily, 83,000 Andheri, and Marol Naka and Saki Naka more than 40,000 a day. During the week, at least twice, passengers complained about stubborn queues near the automatic access control doors and being able to barely squeeze into the coaches. 'There are insane queues on Metro Line 1 at multiple stations, and you feel stuffy inside the AC metro trains during peak hours due to overcrowding. The government must intervene and at least ask the operator to increase the number of coaches,' said Andheri resident Dhaval Shah, who regularly travels on Line-1. A vital east-west connector, Line 1 runs through major commercial hubs in the suburbs. It skirts the international airport, services the area around several luxury hotels, and passes though industrial and commercial areas such as Saki Naka and Marol, not to mention busy neighbourhoods in Andheri. Moreover, Line 1 integrates with other metro rail corridors such as Lines 2A and 7, as well as the railways, an excellent example of multi-modal transport. Now it's time to upgrade. According to statistics provided by Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL), which operates Line 1, this corridor caters to 4.55 lakh passengers daily. Footfalls have touched 5 lakh. Commuters are demanding an increase in the frequency of trains from the present 5-6 minutes. They also want coaches to be added to the trains, to increase their carrying capacity, thus bringing down wait times at metro stations. Citizen activist Zoru Bhatena summed it up best when he vented his frustration in a post on X that read: 'Decade-old Metro-1 runs packed on 4-coaches. Brand new Metro-3 runs empty on 8-coaches.' MMOPL said there were no plans to upgrade the system, blaming overcrowding on the ongoing school vacations. In a bid to justify maintaining the status quo, they claim the number of commuters on Line 1 has not risen and the line is being 'managed well'. However, the numbers rose significantly when lines 2A and 7 opened in January 2023, increasing ridership on Line 1 by around 30,000. There is no major contribution to ridership from Line-3,' said an MMOPL official. Transport experts point out that there were plans for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to take over operations of Line-1. This might have improved how the line was run. However, those plans fell through.
