The BKC-Worli segment of Mumbai Metro Line 3 was opened and will be accessible to the public on May 10

The BKC-Worli segment of Mumbai Metro Line 3 was opened and will be accessible to the public on May 10 Theindiaprint | 09/05/2025 16:27:06

On Friday, May 9, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis officially opened the long-awaited BKC-Worli segment of the Mumbai Metro Line 3, significantly enhancing the city’s urban transportation. Commuting between two of the city’s major business districts will be quick and easy thanks to the new subterranean link.

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Public access to the recently launched 9.77-kilometre section, which includes six subterranean stations, will begin on May 10. It is anticipated to greatly cut down on travel time and relieve traffic on Mumbai’s congested highways and suburban train system.

The Aqua Line-3’s 12.69-kilometer operational segment, which has been in service since October 7, 2024, and connects Aarey (Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road) to Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), is expanded by this expansion. Mumbai Metro Line 3 presently has 22 km of totally underground track after the BKC-Worli segment was added. It travels through heavily populated and traffic-heavy neighbourhoods including Dharavi, Dadar, and Siddhivinayak.

Commuters would be able to go from Aarey-JVLR in the western suburbs to Acharya Atre Chowk in Worli, South Mumbai, in approximately 39 minutes once operations on this extended segment start. Kotak BKC, Dharavi, Sitaladevi, Dadar, Siddhivinayak, Worli, and Acharya Atre Chowk are the stations on the expanded stretch.

Authorities stated in February that train operations had already started on the 9.77-kilometer, six-station Dharavi to Acharya Atre Chowk sector.

Two of the ten stations on the presently running Aarey to BKC route serve the airport. There are nine trains on the route in total. According to a presentation by Ashwini Bhide, Managing Director of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC), seven of them are now in active passenger operation, one is on standby, and one is set aside for routine maintenance.

Depending on passenger demand and reaction, plans are in place to operate 260 round trips each day, 130 in each direction, with hours of operation from 6 am to 11 pm.

With 26 subterranean stations, the whole 33.5-kilometer Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro-3 route is a premier urban transportation project. At about eight important intersections, including major hubs like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Churchgate, Grant Road, Mumbai Central, Dadar, Mahalaxmi (near the Monorail station), BKC (which connects with Metro Line 2B), and the Western Express Highway corridor (connected to Metro Line 1), it is intended to connect with the city’s suburban railway and other metro lines.