Monorail and Metro services resume in Mumbai after seven-month hiatus

Almost after 7 months, Mumbai Metro services resumed with Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) in place on Monday. Monorail resumed services on Sunday. However, both the services witnessed low patronage, currently. Mumbai Metro One restarted its services from 08:30 am onwards. 

The services were opened to all, without age or gender restrictions, However, the elderly and children were advised by the authorities to travel only when necessary. A total of 140 trips were operated with 100% punctuality till 05:00 pm on the first day of operations post lockdown. 200+ services will run between 08:30 am and 08:30 pm daily in the initial phase. 

  Ridership of 6,727 was recorded till 5 pm on the first day, with the figure expected to go up to 10,000 till 8:30 pm. As Mumbai opens up gradually, the footfalls are expected to go up significantly over the coming few weeks.

Urvashi Khona

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