India’s first monorail service was
inaugurated by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj chavan on 1 February
2014 in Mumbai. The First phase of Mumbai Monorail is comprised of 8.9 km long Wadala-Chembur section.
The first phase was constructed at the cost of 1900 crore rupees which have
seven stations. It will operate between 7 am and 3 pm at an interval of 15
minutes initially. The fully
air-conditioned monorail’s minimum fare will be five rupees while maximum
fare will be twenty rupees.
The monorail
service will have four coaches, which will ferry about 2500 passengers .The
traveling time between Wadala and Chembur will be reduced from 40 minutes to
nearly 21 minutes at present. Mumbai Mono rail will display itself in three colours green, pink and sky blue.
Monorail will have a smart card facility available like Delhi Metro.
About Mumbai Mono
rail
The Mumbai Mono rail project has been
implemented in two phases. The first phase comprise the Wadala- Chembur where
as the second phase will be extended to Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk in South
Mumbai. The Project is implemented by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development
Authority with an association of Larsen and Toubro and a Malaysian
infrastructure firm Scomi Engineering.