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Mumbai Metro
The Mumbai Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Mumbai and the wider Mumbai Metropolitan Region in Maharashtra, India. While the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited is responsible for all metro rail projects being developed in Maharashtra, except for those in the Mumbai Metropolitan Area, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is the authority responsible for maintaining the metro system in the Greater Mumbai area. The rapid transit metro system is designed to reduce traffic congestion in the city and supplement the overcrowded Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is being built in three phases, over 15 years, with overall completion expected in October 2026. The Mumbai Metro is the Urban rail transit in India#List of systems, fourth longest operational metro network in India with an operational length of as of May 2025. When completed, the core system will comprise sixteen high-capacity metro railway lines, spanning a total of more than (25% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Rail Transit In India
Urban rail transit in India plays an important role in intracity transportation in the major cities which are highly populated. It consists of rapid transit, Regional Rapid Transit System, suburban rail, monorail, and tram systems. According to a report published in 2025, a total of 36.5 billion people traveled annually in metro systems across India's fifteen major cities, placing the country as one of the busiest urban rapid transit hubs in the world in terms of commuters. In 2025, the Delhi Metro alone carries an average of 46.3 lakh (4.63 million) passengers daily, and the Delhi-Meerut RRTS has an operational speed of 160 kmph according to Wikipedia. Across all metro systems in India, daily ridership is expected to be significantly higher, possibly exceeding 10 million. As of 2025, the cumulative length of of eighteen metro systems in India makes it the List of metro systems#List by country, third longest in operation in the world. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andheri West Metro Station
Andheri West is the elevated southern terminal station on the north–south corridor of the Yellow Line 2A of the Mumbai Metro in Mumbai, India. This station is located in Andheri, Mumbai. This station is owned by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), and was inaugurated on 19 January 2023. History It was opened to the public on 19 January 2023, along with the second phase of Line 2A. Station layout Power and signaling system Like all other stations and railways of Mumbai metro, Andheri West station also uses 25,000 volt AC power system by overhead catenary An overhead line or overhead wire is an electrical cable that is used to transmit electrical energy to electric locomotives, Electric multiple unit, electric multiple units, trolleybuses or trams. The generic term used by the International Union ... to operate the trains. References {{Mumbai Metro navbox, line 2=yes Railway stations in India opened in 2023 Mumbai Metro stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 2 (Mumbai Metro)
Yellow Line (Line 2) is a rapid transit metro line of the Mumbai Metro in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The line connects Dahisar in the northwest with Mandale in Mankhurd via Andheri, BKC and Chembur in the east. Phase One of Line 2A was partially opened on 2 April 2022 from Dahisar East to Dahanukarwadi. Line 2A was completely opened on 19 January 2023 from Dahanukarwadi to Andheri West, and consisted of eight new stations Construction on the first section of the line, called Metro 2A (between Dahisar and D.N. Road), began in November 2016, and was completed in April 2022. This section will be long, and comprise 17 of the 39 stations that form part of this route. The new section of the Yellow Line from Dahanukarwadi to DN Nagar was inaugurated on January 19, 2023, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Planning Public private partnership with RInfra A long Colaba–Bandra–Charkop line was proposed as Yellow Linein the original Mumbai Metro masterplan unveiled by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. Mumbai has the highest number of billionaires out of any city in Asia. The seven islands that constitute Mumbai were earlier home to communities of Marathi language-speaking Koli people. For centuries, the seven islands of Bombay were under the control of successive indigenous rulers before being ceded to the Portuguese Empire, and subsequently to the East India Company in 1661, as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reliance Infrastructure
Reliance Infrastructure Limited (R-Infra), formerly Reliance Energy Limited (REL) and Bombay Suburban Electric Supply (BSES), is an Indian private sector enterprise involved in power generation, infrastructure, construction and defence. It is part of the Reliance Group. The company is headed by its chairman, Anil Ambani, and chief executive officer, Punit Narendra Garg (since 6 April 2019). The corporate headquarters is in Navi Mumbai. Reliance Infrastructure's interests are in the fields of power plants, metro rail, airports, bridges, toll roads, and defence. It is a major shareholder in the other group company, Reliance Power. In Fortune India 500 list of 2019, Reliance Infrastructure was ranked as the 51st largest corporation in India with first rank in 'Infrastructure Development' category. Reliance Infrastructure has 56 subsidiaries, 8 associate companies, and 2 joint-ventures. The EPC Business division of the company in 2018 has bagged various orders, including ₹7,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Business Standard
''Business Standard'' is an Indian English-language daily edition newspaper published by Business Standard Private Limited, also available in Hindi. Founded in 1975, the newspaper covers the Indian economy, infrastructure, international business and trade, information on financial quotations, corporate governance, and a range of other financial news, opinions and insights. The main English-language edition comes from 12 regional centres: Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Pune, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, and Kochi, and reaches readers in over 1,000 towns and cities across India. History The newspaper's initial owner had been the Kolkata-based ABP Group. Circulation was rising, but losses were rising, possibly to above Rs 50 crore, and ABP could not support it. ABP hoped that the government would allow the ''Financial Times'' to take an equity stake in Business Standard Limited and bring in funds. In 1997, ''Business Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh (26 September 1932 – 26 December 2024) was an Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician, and statesman, who served as the prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He was the fourth longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Narendra Modi. A member of the Indian National Congress, Singh was the first Sikh prime minister of India. He was also the first prime minister since Nehru to be re-appointed after completing a full five-year term. Born in Gah, Pakistan, Gah in what is today Pakistan, Singh's family migrated to India during Partition of India, its partition in 1947. After obtaining his doctorate in economics from Nuffield College, Oxford, the University of Oxford, Singh worked for the United Nations during 1966–1969. He subsequently began his bureaucratic career when Lalit Narayan Mishra hired him as an advisor in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India), Ministry of Commerce and Industry. During the 1970s and 1980s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of India
The prime minister of India (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen Union Council of Ministers, Council of Ministers, despite the president of India being the nominal head of the executive. The prime minister has to be a member of one of the houses of bicameral Parliament of India, alongside heading the respective house. The prime minister and the cabinet are at all times responsible to the Lok Sabha. The prime minister is appointed by the president of India; however, the prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of the majority of Lok Sabha members, who are directly elected Elections in India#Parliamentary general elections (Lok Sabha), every five years, lest the prime minister shall resign. The prime minister can be a member of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the parliament. The prime minister controls the selection and dismissal of members of the Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 11 (Mumbai Metro)
The Green Line is part of Mumbai Metro rail network for the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. During the construction the line was divided into 3 smaller lines - Line 4 ( to ), Line 4A ( to ), and Line 10( to ). The line also has a proposed spur line called Line 11 from to SPM Circle. The line proposed to be of length 60.409km of which 35.2km is under construction. The line connects the regions of Mira Bhayandar to Wadala via Gaimukh and Kasarvadavali. Construction of Line 4 started in October 2018 while the construction of Line 4A started in September 2019. Meanwhile, the proposed Line 10 is currently under environmental review while Line 11 is undergoing Soil testing. The line has a total of elevated 38 stations of which 34 are under construction. The main line is fully elevated and has zero underground stations. In addition, the proposed spur line (Line 11) has 16 stations of which 2 are elevated and the remaining 14 are proposed to be underground. The line offers interch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 3 (Mumbai Metro)
Aqua Line (Line 3) is a rapid transit metro line of the Mumbai Metro in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The route is Mumbai Metro's first underground line with 27 stations, 26 of which are underground stations and one is at-grade. The line will run from Navy Nagar in the far-south of Mumbai to Aarey Depot in the north-centre, and will include connections to other metro lines, monorail, suburban rail, inter-city rail, and Mumbai's International Airport. Aqua Line is expected to reduce road congestion as well as the load on the Western Line between Bandra and Churchgate. The project is being implemented, and will be operated, by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL). The total cost of this line is estimated at . The project is being funded by five major groups: MMRCL, Padeco, MMRDA, CREC, and JICA; the last of which provided a soft loan of . The section of the line between Bandra Kurla Complex and Dharavi stations includes a long twin-tunnel passing unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 7 (Mumbai Metro)
The Red Line is part of the Mumbai Metro rail network for the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. During construction the line was divided into three smaller lines - Line 7 ( to ), Line 7A ( to ), and Line 9 ( to ). The 31.045 km line connects the region of Mira Bhayandar to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport via Andheri East and Dahisar East. Construction of Line 7 began in August 2016, and Line 7A and Line 9 started their construction in March 2020. The line is majorly elevated, with the Airport section being the only section underground. There are a total of 22 stations in the line, of which 21 are elevated and 1 underground. The line offers interchange with the Yellow Line at , Pink Line at , Blue Line at , and the Aqua Line at . The line is also proposed to have interchanges with Green Line and the Gold Line. __TOC__ Planning Line 7 An metro line connecting Andheri East and Dahisar East was proposed as Line 7 in the original Mumbai Metro master pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
