Harshul Mehta

Decoding Mumbai & Bharat’s Infrastructure, Bringing Change to Thane & Mumbai | Metros, Cities, Public Transit Enthusiast | Insights, Proposals & Analysis..

[Harshul Mehta @InsideInfraa]

@GigaChaddd_1 @MMRDAOfficial @TMCaTweetAway @MH04Thane @soham1651 I myself want to leave thane as soon as possible. I hate the city now.

[Artful Dodger @RahulChels]

Theory on Metro Line 2B, 4 & 6 Construction Slowdown:

1. All non-civil tenders are awarded (electrical, rolling stock, interiors) so the ministers/bureaucrats have received their bribes.

2. No elections on the horizon.

Couple the two and there's no motivation to finish work.

[Pranav Vasavada 🇮🇳 @PMvasavada]

Thanks @MetroGMRC , specially ground staff
#AhmedabadMetro #આપણી_મેટ્રો #आपणी_मेट्रो

[Sunny @Sunny29223375]

Mumbai Metro Line 4 & 4A Update :

• Finally, Mumbai Metro Line 4 & 4A has received RDSO certification for Phase - I (Gaimukh - Cadbury Junction)

• Operations are likely to begin by the end of this year, subject to completion of the remaining works and CMRS approval

[Harshul Mehta @InsideInfraa]

The city seems totally confused where they want to make a metro. There's no point of Blue Line extension, that SP Ring Road Line, The inner ring line doesn't serve the airport too. Branching on Red-Yellow will make the frequency for Gandhinagar half (half trains go from APMC To Gandhinagar and half to Airport)

[Harshul Mehta @InsideInfraa]

Akshay sir all the Entry Exits are in the middle of the road because they're made to be like a drop off zones for cars who want to leave someone for the metro station.

This is done so that it does not disturb the traffic on road. I've seen Ahmedabad metro doesn't have these and it becomes really difficult for people to stop to leave someone because you're then stopping in the middle of the road.

Plus other metros make the entry exit right on the main footpath which makes it difficult to navigate for pedestrians who dont care about the metro.

[Harshul Mehta @InsideInfraa]

.@MMRDAOfficial is doing the most shoddy work in widening the Ghodbunder Road by merging the service roads. They literally have Zero Coordination with contractors and they're making Ghodbunder Road the Most Unlivable part of MMR day by day.

The photos speak for themselves. Fresh asphalt is being laid over sections of newly built concrete roads while electric poles still stand in the middle of the corridor. Roads are dug up, rebuilt, patched again, and resurfaced without any visible coordination between civil works, utility shifting, pedestrian infrastructure, bus operations, and traffic management.

If a road is being widened, utility shifting should happen first. Electric poles should be moved to the footpath zone or utilities should be taken underground. Instead, commuters are getting wider roads with permanent obstacles sitting right in the middle of them.

What's even more frustrating is the quality of execution. Large stretches of recently constructed concrete roads are already showing cracks, uneven surfaces, and damaged expansion joints. Instead of fixing the root cause, contractors appear to be applying asphalt patches over sections that were originally meant to be durable concrete pavement.

This defeats the entire purpose of investing in concrete roads in the first place.

The biggest victims, however, are not motorists. They're pedestrians and bus users.

Bus stops have disappeared from several stretches. Passengers are forced to wait in the open without shade while navigating broken footpaths, construction debris, and utility poles. People are expected to cross multiple lanes of fast-moving traffic just to access public transport. Trees have been removed, footpaths remain incomplete, and the urban environment has become more hostile for anyone not travelling in a private vehicle.

A road widening project is not successful because a few extra metres of carriageway are added.
Success means:
• Utilities shifted properly before construction.
• Continuous and accessible footpaths.
• Safe bus stop access.
• Durable road surfaces.
• Proper drainage.
• Traffic management during construction.
• Coordination between all agencies involved.

Right now, Ghodbunder Road feels less like a planned infrastructure upgrade and more like multiple contractors working on different projects without a common plan.

The road may be getting wider, but the experience for commuters, bus passengers, and pedestrians often feels worse than before making the Ghodbunder Road the most unlivable part of MMR.

[Harshul Mehta @InsideInfraa]

@mevinayshah Virar Alibaug Multimodal Corridor Metro Line (mostly an express metro or RRTS)

[Harshul Mehta @InsideInfraa]

Many people keep asking for Metro Line 1 or another Mumbai Metro line to be extended to Vashi and deeper into Navi Mumbai. But metro connectivity to Navi Mumbai is already in the pipeline.

Metro Line 2B is planned to be extended to NMIA, with a branch line to Shirdhon under Phase 2, a planned metro corridor in CTS-2 of Mumbai Metro.

Currently using
@DesiUrbanist's Official Urban Rail Lines in MMR Map as a reference. https://t.co/NOjF3BJquG

The line will cross the creek instead of running parallel to the Vashi Bridge. A bit sad because we could've had the Gold Line, Harbour Line, Vashi Road Bridge, and Yellow Line 2B all crossing the creek together. Could've been a heavenly sight for us railfans, waiting to spot all these trains together.

Once in Navi Mumbai, it lands near Juinagar West, crosses the Sanpada Carshed line and Harbour Line near Juinagar station. We don't have the station list after Maharashtra Nagar–Mandale yet, but I'd expect at least one station near Palm Beach Road and an interchange at Juinagar.

From there it heads through Mindspace Juinagar before tunnelling into the Kharghar hills near Shirvane Waterfall. The tunnel largely follows the Kharghar–Turbhe Link Road corridor and emerges near the Kharghar entry/exit point close to the Gurudwara.

It then runs along Gurudwara Road towards Central Park Metro Station, where it'll likely interchange with Navi Mumbai Metro Line 1. Expect a long skywalk rather than a short interchange.

The alignment then crosses the Taloja River and connects with the Navi Mumbai Metro Line 1 extension at Kalamboli, providing access towards NMIA's eastern side, serving the General Aviation terminals and domestic/international cargo facilities. Passengers heading to Terminal 1, 2, 3 or 4 would likely use the airport's automated people mover.

At Kalamboli Sector 11, the Shirdhon branch separates. This section should also interchange with Kalamboli railway station on the Panvel–Diva–Vasai line. If that corridor is upgraded into a suburban rail route in the future, it could become one of Navi Mumbai's most important rail connections to the outer western suburbs.

The branch continues through Valavali, Tembhode and Adai before joining the Mumbai–Satara Highway corridor towards Chikhale. It could also interchange with Chikhale station on the Panvel–Karjat line, giving Navi Mumbai residents a direct rail connection towards Karjat.

Finally, the line intersects the Virar–Alibaug Multimodal Corridor Metro, should have an interchange there, and terminates at Somatne station on the Roha line, creating a direct connection to trains heading towards the Konkan region.

This Line at larger scale connects to these many lines:-
1. Mumbai Metro Red Line 7 and 9
2. Mumbai Metro Pink Line 6
3. Mumbai Metro Blue Line 1
4. Western Railways @ Bandra West
5. Mumbai Metro Aqua Line 3
6. Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR @ BKC
7. Mumbai-Pune-Hyderabad HSR @ BKC
8. Mumbai-Nagpur HSR @ BKC
9. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus
10. Central Railways @ Kurla
11. Mumbai Metro Green Line 4
12. Mumbai Monorail
13. Harbour Line @ Mankhurd
14. Mumbai Metro Gold Line 8
15. Harbour Line at Juinagar
16. Mumbai Metro Teal Line
17. Navi Mumbai Metro Line 1
18. Panvel-Diva-Vasai Line at Kalamboli
19. Panvel-Karjat Line @ Chikhale
20. Panvel-Roha Line @ Somatne
21. Most importantly Navi Mumbai International Airport and NMIA Automated People Mover

ABSOLUTELY GOATED METRO LINE 🔥

[Volvo 8400 enjoyer @phxav77W]

@InsideInfraa i want to see the "we need buses not metro" guys take AC65/60, C61 or 496 during rush hour and see if they make it out alive

[Harshul Mehta @InsideInfraa]

@Nai25344G L8 cannot be extended because it's gonna be elevated, it doesn't have space to go UG, and there is Terminal 2 and 4. Which it cannot cross. And then there is Terminal 1 and 2 for GA, and then there it can escape NMIA premises.

[Harshul Mehta @InsideInfraa]

@IbrahimSarguro1 It's going through Palm Beach Road. Plus it's an Airport Express Line

[Harshul Mehta @InsideInfraa]

@George_e69 @AmeyKulkarni_21 yes for L1 always. L2B is already till mandale.

[Harshul Mehta @InsideInfraa]

@soham1651 here, look at this post. line 2b extension till nmia and shirdhon which i was talking about yesterday.

[Viraj Raundal @virajraundal8]

Like bro, do y'all understand how much we have to build?? This whole thing needs to be a fucking city with skyscrapers, criss-crossed with mass public transit like Tokyo and Moscow, multiple HUGE public parks and we must drive house prices to 0 by just building more and more

[Harshul Mehta @InsideInfraa]

@AmeyKulkarni_21 @George_e69 @GigaChaddd_1 @Dev_Fadnavis @PratapSarnaik @TMCaTweetAway @MMRDAOfficial @QueenofThane @MH04Thane Showrooms wale pura service road space lelete hai parking mein

[Harshul Mehta @InsideInfraa]

@George_e69 @AmeyKulkarni_21 @GigaChaddd_1 @Dev_Fadnavis @PratapSarnaik @TMCaTweetAway @MMRDAOfficial @QueenofThane @MH04Thane Ghodbunder Road is widened into 14 lanes