Mumbai Metro | Indian Railway asks MMRC to integrate metro with suburban railway
Mumbai: Even though Rs 40000 crore is being spent on the three Metro rails Colaba-Bandra-Sepz (Metro 3), Andheri (E)-Dahisar (E) (Metro 7) and Dahisar-DN Nagar ( Metro 2A ) there is no plan to connect with the Mumbai suburban rail that ferries 74 lakh people everyday. However on August 2, at a meet between the railways and Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC), the latter were asked to plan their stations accordingly. The Western Railway (WR) authorities have identified stations like Mumbai Central, Dadar, Bandra, Andheri and Borivali where the connectivity between the two modes of transport is needed. Sources in WR said that these are the stations where it is required for the integration either through subways or foot over bridges (FOBs). "We have asked the MMRC to work on their stations in a way that it can connect with our railway stations," said Mukul Jain, Divisional Railway Manager (Mumbai), WR. At these stations, work on Metro rail is underway which is barely meters a...