MMRDA accelerates Line 2B construction to connect city’s outskirts
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has fast tracked the construction work on the Line 2B, an important east-west connection, and is one of the lines that could see a partial launch in 2024. It would connect the newly operational Line 2A from its end in DN Nagar in Andheri West to Mandale in the eastern suburbs. It will cross the upcoming Line 3 in Bandra, the Line 4 and the trains at Kurla, and shall meet and connect to the monorail in Chembur. The popular east-west segment, however, will not be the first to open with only 30 percent of the work on the line has been completed. However, Mumbai’s largest Mandale depot has more than 54 per cent of its civil work completed. The Phase 1 will open in 2024 and will connect DN Nagar to National College in Bandra.