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Found this initial layout of the interchange at the BKC station on Aqua Line and the under-construction Income Tax Office Station on Line 2B. Plan is the first paid to paid line interchange in the Mumbai metro system across two non contiguous lines, with escalators and elevators planned from within the AFC gates, avoiding the double checking of baggage and reducing the transfer friction.

While the construction of the ITO station is at an advanced stage, have not seen any efforts on this connection happening. Hope the planned interchange is what the commuters actually get and for once a seamless interchange is made possible in the Mumbai Metro!!

A step towards the right direction for the pedestrian connectivity, especially across the WEH!

The long discussed rail routes from Sambhajinagar to Dharashiv via Beed and Sambhajinagar to Pune via Ahilyanagar were mentioned multiple times by the govt. Yet there seems to be no news update on the actual status of the work starting on ground for these (afaik only Nagar-Beed-Parali work is ongoing).

Anyone has any idea of where these routes are set to begin work?

Ahmedabad is set to get its first ring route metro encircling the city connecting the two existing lines. Delhi with its Pink Line is also set with a seamless interconnection between lines.

Work for the ring metro in Thane is also set to begin soon.

The ring metros (just as the ring roads) are utmost essential to provide connection to outer zones with the city centre, while also being an excellent line interchange mechanism, without crowding out the main city interchanges.

Which other metro systems in India do you think would benefit from a ring route?

A insolvency please has been registered against Anil Ambani owned Mumbai Metro One, due to over 1000 crore of pending dues.

Is this an indication for path opening for the long discussed MMRDA takeover?

Currently, the four coach metros on Line 1 make public transit and absolute mayhem during the peak hours at Ghatkopar and Andheri, giving these metro stations a localesque flavor.

It's high time MMRDA moves to integrate it (and the other metro systems) in a single operating company and ensure there is capacity expansion in the high demand corridors. Edit: # coaches updated

Pillar reinforcement cages have started coming up in certain sections now.

Recently announced Thane- Mumbra-Diva metro is now in the DPR phase with a tentative alignment released by Maha metro.

Currently, the planned route is 9.6 km with both underground and elevated sections.

Three interchanges are planned : with central suburban rail and Int Ring Metro at Thane station, with HSR at the Thane HSR station in Mhathardi and Line 12 at Sonarpada.

Further extension to Kopar is also in discussion.

Does the alignment look the best possible route to address the traffic in Diva - Mumbra? Also, is the east end interchange optimal? If shifted by a km, it can form a Tri- junction at Hedutane with Line 14 and Line 12, easing transit to Badlapur and even the north mumbai suburbs.

(PS : With passengers from HSR wanting intending to use it as last mile connectivity, the metro should have a first class coach like in RRTS or like golden coach in Dubai metro, so the commuters don't crowd out the travellers.)

Mumbai's metro map shows about a dozen interchanges, but only one, Dahisar East, lets you change lines without leaving the station. Everywhere else, including D N Nagar, WEH, Marol Naka and every metro-to-rail link, you exit, walk across a bridge or the street, and re-enter.

Meanwhile the suburban network, designed generations ago, gets it right. At CST, Dadar, Kurla and Thane you just cross a platform or a bridge. There are no extra gates, no exiting, and the same ticket works.

The difference comes down to planning philosophy. The railway was built as one network, while the metro was built as a set of separate projects with different operators, each designing its own station, and integration left for later. Unified ticketing is a good step, but it can't make up for physical design that treats the commuter's transfer as someone else's problem.

People-centric design means starting from how people actually move through the city: the elderly, people carrying luggage, office-goers during peak rush. By that measure, a century-old railway is still beating a modern metro.

Is there any hope of retrofitting paid-area links at these stations, or are we locked in for decades?

Graphic credit: allthingscities_mumbai

Came a little late from the office and had no seat so was observing people. This lady here was throwing chana peel and plastic. Even though a guy called her out for throwing plastic she didn't stop eating chana and littering around.