Overview
- The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority said the system passed 300 million passenger journeys on Monday and recorded the latest 50 million trips in 179 days with an average daily rise of about 279,000 journeys.
- Officials credited the April openings of Metro Line 2B Phase 1 and Line 9 Phase 1, which added nine stations, with materially boosting connectivity and speeding ridership growth.
- At a Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure meeting on Tuesday Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis directed projects be finished within three years of construction start to accelerate delivery across Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur.
- The state presented a funded pipeline that it says totals roughly ₹2.80–2.81 lakh crore with 174 km operational, 291 km under construction, 130 km awaiting approval and DPRs for 87.15 km toward an eventual 683.53 km network.
- Faster rollouts could cut travel times for daily commuters and ease road congestion while creating new transit links for suburbs and satellite cities, and officials say the next milestones to watch are the 87 km scheduled this year and the larger 300 km target by 2029–30.