Mumbai Metro 3 - A full underground metro rail corridor

Mumbaikars will get to ride into a fully underground metro corridor having Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ aka Mumbai Metro 3 in future. Mumbai Metro 3 is a 33.5 KMs long underground corridor running along Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ. Length of the corridor is marked with 27 key stations out of which 26 will be underground and 1 at grade. Civil work has already begun for this route and authorities are expecting utter chaos once work gets into full swing.

To execute this project a separate entity known as Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited has been constituted which will be presided under State of Maharashtra Chief Minister Mr. Devendra Fadnavis. This project will be jewel of a crown on the crumbling infrastructre of Mumbai.

MUMBAI Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has signed contracts worth a total of Rs 181.1bn ($US 2.7bn) with five consortia for the construction of Mumbai metro Line 3, which will run for 33.5km from Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone (Seepz) in the north of the city to Cuffe Parade in the southern district of Colaba.

MUMBAI Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has signed contracts worth a total of Rs 181.1bn ($US 2.7bn) with five consortia for the construction of Mumbai metro Line 3, which will run for 33.5km from Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone (Seepz) in the north of the city to Cuffe Parade in the southern district of Colaba.

 Check out the below video posted by MMRCL:

The details of the stations are:

Sr. No.StationsInter stationChainage (m)Interchange
1Cuffe Parade00.00
2Vidhan Bhavan6001,438
3Churchgate6852,216WR Suburban station
4Hutatma chowk8173,087
5CST Metro8543,902CR Terminus
6Kalabadevi9354,754
7Girgaon7255,452
8Grant Road15407,035WR Suburban Station
9Mumbai Central Metro9117,951WR Terminus, ST bus depot
10Mahalaxmi11499,047WR Suburban Station
11Science Museum110010,208
12Acharya Atre Chowk120011,256
13Worli140812,723
14Siddhivinayak155514,286
15Dadar127715,683
16Sitaladevi176917,364
17Dharavi178119,095
18BKC191920,925
19Vidyanagari158722,138
20Santacruz121523,155
21Domestic Airport227225,510
22Sahar Road160727,220
23International Airport105228,202
24Marol Naka87129,200Metro Line 1
25MIDC139630,380
26SEEPZ132131,697
27Aarey Depot33,000

Mumbai Metro 3 train route:
Mumbai Metro 3 route


Source: www.mmrcl.com, www.railjournal.com

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