In a significant development, the Mumbai Metro’s new line 2B between Mankhurd and Chembur will be partially opened in the next year, i.e 2024.
With the metro car depot coming up at Mandale, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is planning to first open the Mandale Depot (Mankhurd) to Diamond Garden (Chembur) route first, which will have five stations.
The remaining section between Chembur and DN Nagar Andheri (West) will be operational later.
At present, a little more than 25% of the alignment between Mandale and Diamond Garden remains to be completed. Around 58% civil work of Mandale Depot has been completed, while a double-deck car depot is being constructed on 31 acres of land at Mandala to accommodate as many as 72 metro trains at a time.
The entire Metro 2 line is divided into two phases - 2A and 2B - Dahisar East to DN Nagar (18.59 km) and DN Nagar to Mandale Depot (23.64 km) respectively.
Due to the availability of car depots to serve the route, the 2B section is again being divided into two phases - Mandale Depot to Chembur and remaining part of Chembur to Andheri West / DN Nagar.
For those unversed, Metro Line 2A was also opened in two phases. Last year, on April 2, 2022, the stretch between Dahisar East and Dahanukarwadi was made operational for the public and on January 19, 2023, the Dahanukarwadi to Andheri West / DN Nagar corridor was inaugurated.
Line 2B is being built at a cost of INR 11,000 crores and Line 2A was constructed at a cost of around INR 7,000 crores.
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