Mumbai's new metro lines are now operational for general public

The newly inaugurated two metro lines 2A and 7 are now officially operational for general publicMaha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Ltd confirmed it in a tweet It said that as metro line 7A amp metro line 2A began their passenger operations today the first civilian passenger was welcomed aboard by Shri SVR Srinivas IAS MD amp Chairman of Maharashtra Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Ltd amp Metropolitan Commissioner of MMRDAExcited passengers took it to Twitter to denote that they have taken the first ride Thank you and good job MumbaiMetro first ride writes Manish Bhardwaj a Twitter userHere is the complete schedule of the two metro linesFirst TrainDahanukarwadi to Gundavali 525 amDahanukarwadi to Andheri West 550 amAndheri West to Gundavali 555 amGundavali to Andheri West 600 amDahisar East to Andheri West 634 amDahisar East to Gundavali 0543 amLast TrainAndheri West to Gundavali 922 pmGundavali to Andheri West 922 pmDahisar East to Andheri West 956 pmDahisar East to Gundavali 1000 pmAndheri West to Dahisar East 1009 pmGundavali to Dahanukarwadi 1009 pmDahisar East to Dahanukarwadi 1050 pmAlso read Guess the conversation Dy CM Devendra Fadnavisrsquo tweet leaves netizens guessingAll you need to know about the new Mumbai Metro Rail lines 2A and 7Metro 2AThis is between Dahisar East to DN Nagar Rs 6410 crore have been spent on this 186 km route which includes 17 metro stationsMetro 7This is between Andheri East to Dahisar East The Metro 7 route containing 13 stations is 165 km long and was built with an expenditure of Rs 6208 croreStations at phase 2 between Metro route 2A and 7Metro 2A Phase 1Dahisar East Anand Nagar Kandarpada Mandapeshwar IC colony Eksar Borivali West Pahadi Eksar Kandivali West DahanukarwadiMetro 2A Phase 2Valnai Malad West lower Malad Pahadi Goregaon Goregaon West Oshiwara lower Oshiwara Andheri WestMetro 7 Phase 1Dahisar East OvariPada National Park Devipada MagaThane Poisar Aakurli Kurar Dindoshi Arey station are includedMetro 7 Phase 2Goregaon East Jogeshwari East Mogra GundawliFare structureThe Mumbai Metro Rail lines 2A and 7 have been built at a cost of around Rs 12600 crore These lines comprise a 35 kmlong elevated corridor stretching from Andheri to Dahisar in suburban MumbaiThe 186 kmlong Metro line 2A connects suburban Dahisar East with the 165 kmlong D N Nagar yellow line while the Metro line 7 joins Andheri East with Dahisar EastThe Prime Minister also inaugurated 20 Aapla Davakhana health clinics named after Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray This novel initiative provides essential medical services like health checkups medicines investigations and diagnostics completely free to peopleThe prime minister also launched MUMBAI 1 mobile app and National Common Mobility Card Mumbai 1 The app which can be shown at the entry gates of metro stations will facilitate ease of travel It supports digital payment to buy tickets through UPIFurther the prime minister started the transfer of approved loans of over one lakh beneficiaries under PM SVANidhi Yojana The scheme funded by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is targeted at street vendors and seeks to provide them credit for working capital for their business which suffered due to the coronavirus pandemic