Mumbai Metro

The Mumbai Metro is a rapid transit (MRT) system serving the city of Mumbai and the wider Mumbai Metropolitan Region in Maharashtra,  I n d i a . The system is designed to reduce traffic congestion in the city, and supplement the overcrowded Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It's being built in three phases over a 15-year period, with overall completion expected in 2025. When completed, the core system will comprise fourteen high-capacity metro railway lines, spanning a total of 356.972 kilometres (221.812 mi) (24% underground, the rest elevated, with a minuscule portion built at-grade), and serviced by 226 stations As of August 2018, Mumbai metro consisted of one operational line ( Line 1  - elevated metro from Versova to Ghatkopar), and four lines under various stages of construction

 Line 1  of the Mumbai Metro  Line 1  is operated by Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL), a joint venture between Reliance Infrastructure (69%), MMRDA, (26%) and Veolia Transport RATP Asia, France (5%). While lines  2 ,  4 ,  6 ,  7  (under construction),  5  and their extensions (bidding in progress) are built by MMRDA, the completely underground line 3 (also under construction) are built by Mumbai Metro Railway Corporation Limited (MMRCL). The total financial outlay for the expansion of the metro system beyond the currently operational  Line 1  is ₹82,172 crore (equivalent to ₹930 billion or US$13.00 billion in 2019), to be funded through a mix of equity and bilateral, multilateral as well as syndicated debt. In another boost to connectivity, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has decided to connect Mumbai and Virar with a Metro line

In June 2006, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the first phase of the Mumbai Metro project, although construction work began in February 2008. A successful trial run was conducted in May 2013, and the system's first line entered into operation on 8 June 2014. Many metro projects were being delayed because of late environmental clearances and land acquisition troubles