News for Mumbaikars From MMRDA for 10-day Ganeshotsav
In the midst of the
10-day auspicious Ganeshotsav from 27 August till 6 September, Metro lines 2A, 7 will run till midnight.
MMRDA notifies that the last train from terminal stations, Andheri West (Line 2A) and Gundavali (Line 7), will depart at 12 AM instead of the usual
11 PM.
Reportedly, MMMOCL will operate total 317, including 12 additional, services on the two lines Monday-Friday
August 27 to September 6.
The Line 2A, or the Yellow Line, runs from Dahisar (East) to Andheri (West), while Line 7 (Red Line) runs between Dahisar (East) and Gundavali in Andheri (East).
According to the
MMRDA Chief Sanjay Mukherjee informs amidst the festival time, trains will run more frequently on weekday peak hours and with a 10-minute headway on Sundays, ensuring safe, reliable, and convenient travel for all.
On weekends, it will run 256, including 12 additional, services with a “peak hour headway of 8:06 minutes and non-peak hours headway of 10:25 minutes”.
As per Rubal Agarwal, MMMOCL, MD, the extended services would help them to manage the festive rush better and give citizens an option to reach their favourite pandals without getting stuck in traffic.
Meanwhile, the Railways both Central and Western,.will operate 367 additional train services to cater to the heavy rush. This notification comes from the Maharashtra
Government.
The special trains will benefit thousands of Ganesh devotees, especially those traveling from Mumbai to the Konkan region and other parts of the state.
Central Railway will operate the highest number of 296 services, addressing the heavy festive travel demand in Maharashtra and the Konkan region. Western Railway will operate 56 Ganpati Special trips, Konkan Railway (KRCL) 6 trips, and South Western Railway 22 trips.
The halts of Ganpati Special trains serving over Konkan Railway have been planned at: Kolad, Indapur, Mangaon, Goregaon Road, Veer, Sape Warmne, Karanjadi, Vinhere, Diwankhavati, Kalambani Budruk, Khed, Anjani, Chiplun, Kamathe, Sawarda, Aravali Road, Sangameshwar Road, Ratnagiri, Adavali, Vilavade, Rajapur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road, Nandgaon Road, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal, Zarap, Sawantwadi Road, Madure, Thivim, Karmali, Madgaon Jn, Karwar, Gokama Road, Kumta, Murdeshwar, Mookambika Road, Kundapura, Udupi, Mulki and Surathkal.
News Edit KV Raman
