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Mumbai Metro Line 3 To Run Overnight On New Year’s Eve With Extra Trains and Buses

MMRC says the one-off all-night run aims to ease New Year’s crowds for safer late-night travel.

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.