Mumbai Metro (Versova - Azad Nagar)Trial Run -Wednesday May 01,2013

The rapid transit system aimed at reducing the traffic congestion in Mumbai will be built in three phases over a 15-year period, with overall completion expected in 2021.It is the country's third metro system following Kolkata and New Delhi

The project is being developed by Reliance Infrastructure led consortium Mumbai Metro One Private Ltd (MMOPL) under public-private-partnership

Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Prithviraj Chavan flags off the trial run of the Mumbai Metro rail on a three-km stretch between Versova and Azad Nagar station in Mumbai on May 1, 2013

 It has been 2,505 days or little less than seven years, since the foundation stone for the first corridor of the Mumbai metro rail was laid by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in June 2006 and Mumbai Metro project Construction work began only in February 2008.
The corridor is still not operational, with only trial runs under way

Phase	Line	Terminals	Length(kms)	Opening Date
Phase 1 (2006-15)	Line 1	Versova -Ghatkopar	11.07	May 2013
	Line 2	Charkop -Mankhurd	39.2	2015
	Line 3	Colaba -SEEPZ	33.0	2019
Phase 2 (2011-16)	Line 4	Charkop -Dahisar	7.6
	Line 5	Ghatkopar - Mulund	12.4
Phase 3 (2016-21)	Line 6	Andheri(E) – Dahisar(E)	18.0
	Line 7	Hutatma Chowk - Ghatkopar	21.8
	Line 8	Sewri  - Prabhadevi	3.5
Total	8		140.0	2021

The trial run was conducted across a three-kilometer-stretch between the Versova car depot and the Azad Nagar metro station.  The section is a part of the 11.40km Versova-Ghatkopar corridor which will provide a vital east-west link and drastically reduce travel time from the existing 90 minutes to barely 20 minutes.

The first phase metro corridor will be operational up to the airport in September 2013 while it will becomes fully operational by the end of December 2013

 

Mumbai Metro 11.07 km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar open for public from Sunday June 08,2014

On Thursday June 5,2014, the Railway Board issued the final sanction, making the corridor safe for public 

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The 11.07 km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor would be inaugurated and the first commercial metro train will be flagged off on Sunday June 08,2014

From Monday June 09,2014 onwards office-goers will benefit from the latest East-West connectivity in Mumbai. 

The metro service comes four months after the city got the country's first monorail between suburban Chembur and Wadala on February 01,2014 

Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL)has fixed a minimum fare of Rs 10 and a maximum Rs 40 for a one way journey

MMOPL is a joint venture company formed by Reliance Infrastructure, Veolia Transport and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority