Mumbai Metro 14 To Give Relief To Lakhs of Commuters on Badlapur-Kanjurmarg route

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) along with the Maharashtra government is actively considering implementing Mumbai Metro 14. This will provide relief to lakhs of residents and commuters of Ambernath-Badlapur-Mahape.

Mumbai Metro 14, also known as magenta line, will cross the areas of Badlapur, Ambernath, Nilje, Shil Phata, Mahape, Ghansoli and eventually cross the Thane Creek to reach the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits at Kanjurmarg.

In all, there will be 15 stations along the corridor with 13 of them being elevated, one each underground and at grade. The possibility of more stations getting planned along the alignment is not ruled out, at this juncture.

During the ongoing monsoon legislative assembly session, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde discussed this particular metro line by sharing the project's status.

This will be the second PPP metro line in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), with the first being Mumbai Metro 1 of Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar, which is under financial stress.

Mumbai Metro 14 will provide East-West connectivity between Mumbai and some of the populated areas of the MMR, said an MMRDA official.

The plans suggest interchanges at three locations – Metro 4 of Wadala-Ghatkopar-Thane-Kasarvadavali, Metro 6 of Swami Samarth Nagar-Jogeshwari Vikhroli-Kanjurmarg and Kanjurmarg Railway Station. It will also pass through major Transit Oriented Development nodes of Chikoli and others.

A few weeks ago, the development authority appointed the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) for a peer review of the draft detailed project report of the magenta line.

Meanwhile, MMRDA’s internal studies estimate Peak Hour Peak Direction Traffic demand at 54,000 daily in 2041 with the car depot proposed over 20 hectare of plot in Badlapur. The projected ridership is estimated at 6.30 lakh in 2026, 6.50 lakh in 2031 and 7.50 lakh in 2041.