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Mumbai’s Metro gets on track

Mumbai, June 8 
After a long wait, the first Metro service in the bustling metropolis was rolled out today with the Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan flagging off the service even as over 1,00,000 passengers enjoyed the train ride within six hours of its operations.

Mumbai’s first Metro runs through Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar route on Sunday
Mumbai’s first Metro runs through Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar route on Sunday. PTI 

"Mumbai Metro passes one lakh ridership within six hours of its first day operations," a Mumbai Metro One Pvt Limited (MMOPL) spokesperson said here. During this period, it operated 14 services. Earlier in the day, the services on the 

11.4 km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar section, connecting western suburbs with eastern suburbs, were launched by Chavan along with ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani at 10.10 am. 

With the launch, Mumbai becomes the fourth city in the country to have Metro rail operations, besides Kolkata, Delhi and Bangalore. — PTI 

Over 1 lakh ride within six hours of launch

Mumbai Metro passes one lakh ridership within six hours of its first day operations

The new mode of transport is expected to provide much-needed relief to the commuters in the bustling metropolis where the overburdened suburban railways ferries 70 lakh people every day

The Mumbai Metro One Pvt Limited said it will operate 200-250 services a day, carrying around 11 lakh passengers. Every coach can carry 375 passengers, while the entire train can transport 1,500 commuters.

The Metro service comes four months after the city got the country's first monorail between suburban Chembur and Wadala on February 1 this year. 

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