Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray, on Monday, flagged off trial runs for the city’s two new metro rail lines on the Charkop-Dahisar-Aarey route of Metro 2A and 7.
These two lines will be fully operational from January 2022, with the first phase of Metro-2A (Dahisar-Aarey) and Metro-7 (Dahanukarwadi to Aarey) commencing from October.
Environmentalists claim this to be a good example of showcasing how two or more metro lines can coexist in a single car shed. The green brigade is questioning the status of the composite carshed planned at Kanjurmarg for at least three metro rail lines - Metros 3, 4 and 6.
Thackeray shared the video of the trial on Twitter and gave the happy news to Mumbaikars.
Here are some videos and photos from the trial run of Metro 2A and 7.
A metro train passes through a residential area during its first official safety trial run on a new line in Mumbai on May 31, 2021. | AFP
A metro train passes through a residential area during its first official safety trial run on a new line in Mumbai on May 31, 2021. | B L Soni
A metro train passes through a residential area during its first official safety trial run on a new line in Mumbai on May 31, 2021. | AFP
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray addresses media on the trial run of Metro 2A and 7. | BL Soni
BJP members in Mumbai protest after ex-Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis was not invited at the trial run of Metro 2A and 7 on May 31, 2021. | BL Soni
