Mumbai Metro Rail Network Project Future of Mumbai
Mumbai, the financial capital of India, is the heart of commercial and trade activities of the country. 11 million people travel daily by public transport with modal share of Rail & Bus together at 75% of total trips.
The existing suburban rail system is under extreme pressure and existing role of the bus system is limited for providing feeder services to suburban railways. There are constraints to expand the existing roads and rail networks capacity. Many pockets in Island city & suburbs are not served by rail based mass transports system.
The main objective of the Master Plan is to provide accessibility to rail based system within 0.5 km to 1 km. The metro system provides connectivity to connect important stations like Churchgate, Chatrapati Shivaji terminus, Mumbai Centra and International & Domestic Airports and major business hubs. These corridors are having planned interchanges with Suburban Stations.
