Good News for Mumbaikar
Mumbai: Although no date has been
decided or announced to open the 11.4 km long Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar
Mumbai Metro rail corridor for public, top officials have said that the
route can be opened after a week of getting the safety certificate.
Talking to the media on Tuesday, Abhay
Kumar Mishra, Chief Executive Officer of Mumbai Metro One Private
Limited (MMOPL), informed that last of the statutory certification
inspection for the project has got completed.
MMOPL is the consortium that constructed the first metro line and will also operate it.
“We will start the metro corridor after seven days from getting the safety certification,” said Mishra.
According to Mishra, the Commissioner of
Metro Rail Safety (CMRS), has completed the physical inspection between
April 18 and April 26 and now he is scrutinising the documents
submitted. Therefore, it is likely that Mumbai’s first metro line will
be opened any day after mid-May.
The metro, once open for public use, is expected to cater to more than one lakh passengers daily between 5.30am and midnight.
During peak hours, the headway or
frequency of the metro will be four minutes as compared to 8-10 minutes
during non-peak hours. Around 200 services will be run daily.
Source link: http://www.railnews.co.in/versova-andheri-ghatkopar-mumbai-metro-rail-corridor-to-open-for-public-after-mid-may/