Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis green-signalled Metro Line 9 (first phase) rail service between Dahisar East in Mumbai and Mira Bhayandar in Thane district on Tuesday (April 7, 2026), saying that with this, the total length of metro lines operational in Mumbai has crossed 100 km, and it will increase in the next two years as many metro lines are in the final phase.
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“With the first phase completed, the 96% work for the second phase of the ₹6,607 crore metro project from Saibaba Nagar to Subhash Chandra Bose Nagar is completed, and we will try to complete this year,” said Mr. Fadnavis, adding that this will cut journey time to 30 minutes from 1.5 hours.
Devendra Fadnavis, along with Deputy CM Eknath Shinde and Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik, were present at the inauguration ceremony, where they took the ride on the 4.97 km line connecting Dahisar and Kashigaon. Phase 1 has four stations, including Pandurang Wadi and Miragaon.
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