In a significant development, the underground Mumbai Metro line 3 is likely to get extended beyond its planned first phase up to Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC).
Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation’s (MMRC) Managing Director Ashwini Bhide on Tuesday, April 11, shared with FPJ that as the construction of the Cuffe Parade-Bandra-SEEPZ line is through, the operations of the route may also keep getting extended.
Moreover, Mumbai Metro officials shared a thematic and indicative representation taken out from BIM drawing to show the space utilisation in underground stations of Vidyanagari station on the aqua line. It doesn’t include actual finishing works like wall cladding, flooring, false ceiling, info boards, PSDs etc.
This is just a thematic & indicative representation taken out from #BIM drawing to show the space utilisation in underground stations of @MumbaiMetro3. It doesn’t include actual finishing works like wall cladding, flooring, false ceiling, info boards, PSDs etc. https://t.co/pz5I9xUhPG
— Ashwini Bhide (@AshwiniBhide) April 11, 2023
The first phase is scheduled to be completed in December 2023 and open in January 2024; while the entire route is headed for completion in June 2024.
“We will not wait till June 2024. As package 4 is almost ready, and if we can move up to Acharya Atre Chowk at Worli, we can take the train up to Worli,” Bhide said.
Explaining further she stated that the commuters must not be refrained from using the other part of Metro it is once ready for public use. For this, the reversal facilities are necessary.
Therefore, MMRC has planned reversal facilities at BKC, Sahar Road, CSMT, Cuffe Parade and Acharya Atre Chowk at Worli.
At the moment, starting from the northern side of the 33.5km alignment, package 7 is almost ready; likewise, packages 6, 5 and 4 will also be ready soon. Even package 1, which is the southernmost end of the route, is also almost ready. However, package 2 that involves Girgaon-Kalbadevi is taking time.
Meanwhile, once the station structures of Girgaon and Kalbadevi stations are ready, there’s also a plan to open the route till the Cuffe Parade terminal station by not halting the metro at these two stations until entirely ready.
Parallel to construction activities, a detailed project report (DPR) is also being put together to extend the line up to Navy Nagar. The extension will be about 1.5km in length apart from an additional kilometre for train standby and crossover points.
Construction DPR should be ready in two months and thereafter the execution work will commence, including inviting contractors to build the extension.
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