Diwali travel updates: Mumbai Metro is expanding service on THESE routes, check the new timings here

According to media reports, the number of passengers on Metro 7 and 2A (Gundavli-Dahisar-Andheri West) crossed the 2.5 lakh mark on November 6 for the first time since the route started operating.

Mumbai: Mumbai Metro, the city’s second lifeline, will now operate for longer hours till late at night. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has revised the timings of the last metro services on lines 2A and 7. This new timetable comes into effect from today (November 11). The last service on metro lines 2A and 7 is at 11:00 PM instead of the current 10:30 PM.

Currently, 253 services are operated between Gundavli and Andheri West on Metro Lines 2A and 7 on weekdays from 5.55 am to 10.30 pm at an interval of 7.5 to 10.5 minutes, the planning authority said.

“Due to longer metro timings, the number of services on the metro corridor will increase to 257. After 10 pm, two additional metro trips each will be operated between Dahisar West to Gundavli and between Dahanukarwadi and Andheri West,” the report said.

“There was a demand to extend the timings on this route during Diwali, but now it has been decided to extend this timing permanently. Mumbai Metro is a sustainable and safe public transport system,” said Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who is also the chairman of MMRDA.

According to media reports, the number of passengers on Metro 7 and 2A (Gundavli-Dahisar-Andheri West) crossed the 2.5 lakh mark on November 6 for the first time since the route started operating. Previously, the average daily passenger count on this route was 2.37 lakh.

Phase 1 of Metro Lines 2A and 7 was inaugurated on April 2, 2022, and Phase 2 was officially flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 19, 2023, establishing Mumbai’s first integrated metro network.