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  'Govt's decision came as a shock': Raj Thackeray's son Amit reacts to CM Shinde's Aarey Shed plan

  India | July 02, 2022 19:05 IST

  Several environmental organisations have called for a peaceful protest at Aarey forest on Sunday morning and hundreds of Mumbaikars are likely to gather at the picnic point in the area

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  Mumbai metro line 3 cannot start until car shed is prepared, says Devendra Fadnavis

  India | July 02, 2022 8:56 IST

  The MVA coalition led by Uddhav Thackeray had decided to move the Metro-3 car shed from Aarey to Kanjurmarg. The construction of car shed at Aarey had been a sticking point between the BJP and Shiv Sena.

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  Mumbai Metro One launches 'e-ticket on WhatsApp' on Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar route

  India | April 15, 2022 1:45 IST

  Mumbai Metro One is the first MRTS (Mass Rapid Transit System) in the world to offer e-ticket on WhatsApp, it claimed in a release.

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  'Sena taking credit for Fadnavis govt's work': BJP as Mumbai's new metro lines become tussle point

  India | April 02, 2022 22:21 IST

  The state unit of the BJP tweeted that these metro lines as well as several other ones were cleared and construction started under the Fadnavis government between 2014 and 2019.

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  Mumbai to get two new Metro lines 2A, 7 in early April

  India | March 28, 2022 19:31 IST

  Both lines are fully elevated and Metro 2A, running from Dahisar west to D.N. Nagar (Andheri west), and Metro 7, from Dahisar east to Andheri east, would immensely benefit the people in the north-western suburbs.

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  After CM's green flag, Mumbai Metro train trials to start early 2022

  India | October 01, 2021 21:58 IST

  The state government has permitted the MMRCL to create a temporary facility - a train delivery and testing track area for the technical trials of the prototype 8-coach trains due to arrive here by December, said MMRCL Managing Director Ranjit Singh Deol.  

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  First indigenously-built Metro rake arrives in Mumbai

  News | January 30, 2021 23:17 IST

  Maharashtra: The first indigenously built rake to be deployed for Metro 2A and Metro 7 arrived in Mumbai from the Bengaluru facility of Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML).

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  Mumbai Metro extends operational hours from February 1. Check new timings

  India | January 30, 2021 14:35 IST

  At present, metro services are available with first train from Versova at 7.50 am and last train from Ghatkopar at 10.15 pm with weekday ridership at around 80,000.

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  Mumbai Metro's first 'Driverless' train to arrive on January 27

  India | January 20, 2021 21:13 IST

  ​Mumbai Metro will get its first of its indigenously-manufactured driverless trains from Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. Bengaluru, Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde said here on Wednesday.  

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  First in India, Mumbai Metro-3 to have 'vibration-absorbing tracks'

  India | November 11, 2020 21:04 IST

  In a first for India, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (MMRCL) will lay vibration-absorbing tracks on the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Line 3, an official said on Wednesday.

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  Mumbai metro resumes with new COVID protocol: Check travel guidelines, timings

  India | October 19, 2020 8:17 IST

  Metro services in Mumbai will resume operations from today with standard operating procedures (SOPs).

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  Unlock 5.0: Mumbai metro services to resume from Oct 19

  News | October 18, 2020 21:34 IST

  Metro rail in Mumbai will resume operations from tomorrow (October 19, 2020) with standard operating procedures (SOPs). Metro services will operate in a graded manner with only half of pre-COVID levels and a third of passenger capacity.

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  Car shed shifting will affect Mumbai Metro project, transport: Experts

  India | October 13, 2020 11:51 IST

  The Maharashtra government's decision to relocate the Aarey Metro car shed to Kanjurmarg in Mumbai is "unwise" and will adversely affect the Metro-3 project and the city's public transport

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  $500M loan approved for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS, $241M for Mumbai Metro

  Business | October 01, 2020 11:24 IST

  The New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS countries has approved USD 241 million loans for Mumbai Metro and USD 500 million for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) Project.

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  COVID-19 crisis delays work on Mumbai Metro lines 2A and 7

  India | June 09, 2020 13:53 IST

  As per the report, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has hugely affected the project as a large number of migrant workers employed by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority or MMRDA have returned to their villages.

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  Leading PSUs in race with big corporates for naming rights of Mumbai metro stations

  Business | February 06, 2020 23:37 IST

  Public sector firms like LIC, SBI and Indian Oil are in race with large conglomerates like JSW, GlaxoSmithKline and Piramal for getting naming rights on the 33 km Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro-3 corridor.

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  Mumbai Metro head Ashwini Bhide transferred in Maharashtra bureaucratic reshuffle

  India | January 21, 2020 23:22 IST

  ​Ashwini Bhide, the Managing Director of Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL), has been transferred in a bureaucratic reshuffle of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers in Maharashtra. Ranjit Singh Deol has been appointed in Bhide's place.

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  Mumbai may have at least two operational metro lines in 2020

  India | December 30, 2019 23:06 IST

  If things work as planned, Mumbai will have at least two operational metro lines in 2020 connecting the western suburbs of the city. The two corridors, Metro Line-2A (Dahisar-DN Nagar) and Metro Line-7 (Dahisar East-Andheri East), are proposed to be commissioned simultaneously in 2020, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) said in a statement.

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  SC extends ban on felling trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony for Metro car shed project

  India | November 15, 2019 20:23 IST

  The Supreme Court Friday extended the interim order by which it had stayed further cutting of trees in Mumbai's Aarey colony for setting up the Metro car shed. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta said it will hear the matter at length in December.

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  A record of sorts: Mumbai Metro ferries 600 mn commuters in 65 months

  India | October 22, 2019 20:59 IST

  Setting a record of sorts, the Reliance Infrastructure-promoted Mumbai Metro One Ltd (MMOPL) has ferried over 600 million commuters in just 65 months of operations, a spokesperson said here on Tuesday.