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News18
07-07-2025
- General
- News18
Mumbai Metro Services Disrupted Due To Technical Snag, Commuters Share Video Amid Huge Rush
Last Updated: Videos going viral online show huge rush on metro stations as commuters wait for trains due to the heavy rush. Mumbai Metro witnessed a huge rush on Monday, with several videos circulating online by the commuters claiming disruption. The rush was due to delayed metro operation on the blue line due to a technical glitch. Commuters took to X and shared about the inconvenience. 'Crazy commuter woes thanks to 1 service withdrawn, tech issues with mumbai metro line 1 Stampede like situation in ghatkopar station @Dev_Fadnavis @CMOMaharashtra act fast before lives are lost Line 1 needs 6 bogie rakes & 3 times current rakes," an X user wrote. Another user wrote,"And if you tell your boss that travelling is not possible, allow WFH, he will not allow that and also take it up in the year-end reviews." Crazy commuter woes thanks to 1 service withdrawn tech issues with mumbai metro line 1 Stampede like situation in ghatkopar station @Dev_Fadnavis @CMOMaharashtra act fast before lives are lost Line 1 needs 6 bogie rakes & 3 times current rakes @MandarSawant184 @BHiren @impuni … — ANDHERI LOKHANDWALA OSHIWARA CITIZEN'S ASSOCIATION (@AndheriLOCA) July 7, 2025 'Rail saga continues for #mumbai – kars, whether it's regular line or Metro where lakhs travel daily. Difficult to fathom, why is the globally recognised City sidelined & given lower priority, when it comes to essential & quality civic facilities & services!" another user said. 'This has been happening for years now. Why does this get ignored by the authorities? Metro 1 is now like our Local train. Why can't they learn from L2, L7, which are so well maintained in all respects," said a third. A fourth user said,"It seems before boarding the station, commuters should be given crowd management defence training." First Published: July 07, 2025, 13:48 IST
Hindustan Times
22-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Ten years on, passengers want an upgrade to Metro-1
MUMBAI: Some may call it a success story. But for frequent users of Metro 1, their patience is wearing thin. Long wait times on narrow, overcrowded platforms and a shoulder-to-shoulder commute during peak hours in closed air-conditioned coaches is not what the city promised when it flagged off Mumbai's first metro rail corridor a decade ago. Over the last couple of days, frustration has been spilling over on this Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar metro corridor. The stations at Ghatkopar, Andheri and Marol are particularly congested. An average 114,500 commuters use Ghatkopar station daily, 83,000 Andheri, and Marol Naka and Saki Naka more than 40,000 a day. During the week, at least twice, passengers complained about stubborn queues near the automatic access control doors and being able to barely squeeze into the coaches. 'There are insane queues on Metro Line 1 at multiple stations, and you feel stuffy inside the AC metro trains during peak hours due to overcrowding. The government must intervene and at least ask the operator to increase the number of coaches,' said Andheri resident Dhaval Shah, who regularly travels on Line-1. A vital east-west connector, Line 1 runs through major commercial hubs in the suburbs. It skirts the international airport, services the area around several luxury hotels, and passes though industrial and commercial areas such as Saki Naka and Marol, not to mention busy neighbourhoods in Andheri. Moreover, Line 1 integrates with other metro rail corridors such as Lines 2A and 7, as well as the railways, an excellent example of multi-modal transport. Now it's time to upgrade. According to statistics provided by Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL), which operates Line 1, this corridor caters to 4.55 lakh passengers daily. Footfalls have touched 5 lakh. Commuters are demanding an increase in the frequency of trains from the present 5-6 minutes. They also want coaches to be added to the trains, to increase their carrying capacity, thus bringing down wait times at metro stations. Citizen activist Zoru Bhatena summed it up best when he vented his frustration in a post on X that read: 'Decade-old Metro-1 runs packed on 4-coaches. Brand new Metro-3 runs empty on 8-coaches.' MMOPL said there were no plans to upgrade the system, blaming overcrowding on the ongoing school vacations. In a bid to justify maintaining the status quo, they claim the number of commuters on Line 1 has not risen and the line is being 'managed well'. However, the numbers rose significantly when lines 2A and 7 opened in January 2023, increasing ridership on Line 1 by around 30,000. There is no major contribution to ridership from Line-3,' said an MMOPL official. Transport experts point out that there were plans for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to take over operations of Line-1. This might have improved how the line was run. However, those plans fell through.
Time of India
11-05-2025
- Time of India
32k+ ridership recorded on day 2 of Metro line 3 extension
Mumbai: On Day 2 of operations after the underground Colaba-Bandra-Aarey Metro Line 3 was extended up to Acharya Atre Chowk in Worli, the corridor witnessed a ridership of 32,725 till 8pm on Sunday. The extended section of the Aqua Line, commissioned on Saturday, had recorded a ridership of 32,791 on Day 1, Saturday. Of these, 16,377 passengers travelled between Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) and Acharya Atre Chowk, the newly opened Phase 2A stretch that connects a crucial commercial hub with the rest of the corridor. Over the weekend, more than 65,000 commuters used the Phase 2A section of Metro 3, indicating a promising start for the new alignment. "We are witnessing consistent ridership across both days, which reflects the corridor's utility for both office and leisure travel. We anticipate further growth as familiarity with the service increases," an Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd official this extension, the operational segment of Metro Line 3 now connects Aarey, Seepz, BKC, both airport terminals, Dharavi, Dadar, Siddhivinayak Temple, and Acharya Atre Chowk, significantly reducing travel time across key parts of the Aarey-BKC route was opened in Oct 2024. The entire 32.5km Colaba-Bandra-Aarey stretch is expected to open by Aug, said sources. Metro 1 (Ghatkopar-Andheri-Versova), Metro 2A (Dahisar East-Andheri West ) and Metro 7 (Andheri East-Dahisar East) are operational in the suburbs. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Mother's Day wishes , messages , and quotes !
