Overview
- Metro Line 3 (Aqua Line) will operate from 10:30 pm on December 31 to 5:55 am on January 1, with regular service resuming at 5:55 am.
- Central and Western Railways announced 12 additional suburban services for the night, with four by CR and eight by WR after the scheduled timetable.
- BEST will deploy extra buses to popular seafronts between roughly 10 pm and 1:30 am and run heritage tour buses in South Mumbai from 5:30 pm into early January 1.
- MMRC frames the overnight operation as a crowd-management step to reduce road congestion and bolster safety for women and families during celebrations.
- The fully operational 33.5 km, mostly underground corridor with 27 stations has drawn praise for speed—such as a Sahar Road–Girgaon trip in about 30 minutes—alongside calls to improve last-mile links and station-area upkeep.