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Metro-3 Completes Trial Till Cuffe Parade: Set For July Launch, How Aqua Line Will Help Mumbai Commuters

Metro-3 Completes Trial Till Cuffe Parade: Set For July Launch, How Aqua Line Will Help Mumbai Commuters

Last Updated:March 02, 2025, 18:41 IST Mumbai Metro-3 Aqua Line: The MMRC, in a release, said it had achieved a “historic milestone” with this trial, adding that it demonstrated the readiness of key infrastructure elements, including rolling stock, tracks, and civil works The MMRC team (top right) celebrates the Metro-3 (left) milestone; the indicator flashing ‘Cuffe Parade’ as the approaching station. (X) The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) on Friday achieved a significant milestone towards completion of the city’s first underground corridor, as a trial train reached Cuffe Parade station, the last point of the 33.5-km Metro-3, also known as the aqua line. The MMRC, in a release, said it had achieved a “historic milestone” with this trial, adding that it demonstrated the readiness of key infrastructure elements, including rolling stock, tracks, and civil works. “The arrival of train trial at Cuffe Parade, covering a 10.99 km stretch from Acharya Atrey Chowk to Cuffe Parade, marks a crucial step toward the commissioning of Phase 2B,” the release stated. ALSO READ | Mumbai Metro-3 Running, …

Mumbai: Trial Run of Underground Aqua Line Metro Begins

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) on Sunday flagged the trial run of its underground metro project called Aqua Line in the city. Videos of the trial run were widely shared on Twitter, with Mumbaikars wanting to experience the metro run first hand. Sevreral users extended their gratitude towards the Mahashtra government, including CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. Mumbai Metro MD Ashwini Bhide, who headed the project, was also thanked on social media. Meanwhile last month, the process of financial closure for line number 1 of the upcoming Navi Mumbai metro project was completed with the signing of an agreement between CIDCO and ICICI Bank for the Rs 500 crore line of credit, a PTI report said. Navi Mumbai Metro Line 1 project is a three-coach metro train. The 11.1-km Belapur to Pendhar stretch of the project comprises 11 stations. “City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) signed an agreement for the industrial line of credit for Rs 500 crore with the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI). With this, …