<div>India’s first monorail line is ready to begin commercial runs. Funded at a project cost of Rs 2,460 crore by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the first phase 9-kilometer line will run between Wadala and the eastern suburb of Chembur. <br /><br />After the second phase is completed in about a year’s time, Mumbai’s monorail system of 20 kms with 17 stations will be the second longest in the world after the 24-km Osaka Mono Rail corridor. <br /><br />Still on trial runs, the gleaming green and pink, 4-rake trains give a bumpy ride; but the L&T-Scomi consortium engineers executing the project have promised to fix that before the line kicks off commercially. <br /><br />Skimming over the city’s buildings, railway yards and mangrove swamps, it will be a visual delight for commuters in Mumbai used to sweaty, sardine-packed local trains. <br /><br />Even though it is over two years behind schedule, the Monorail will offer some relief as a feeder service to a city bursting at its seams. <br /><br /> </div><div><strong>In Picture: <a href="http://businessworld.in/web/guest/photo-gallery?folderId=822881">Mumbai's Monorail</a></strong><br /> </div>
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