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Mumbai Metro Lines 2A and 7 Surpass 200 Million Passenger Journeys

The focus has shifted to boosting train frequency, deploying digital ticketing, strengthening connections to feeder services.

Overview

  • Metro Lines 2A (Dahisar East–DN Nagar) and 7 (Dahisar East–Gundavali) recorded over 200 million passenger journeys in 39 months of operation.
  • Daily ridership peaked at more than 300,000 commuters on July 8, 2025.
  • Since opening in April 2022, the corridors advanced from about 19,500 day-one riders to 10 million in nine months, 100 million in 25 months and 150 million in 33 months.
  • Officials say the lines have cut commute times by over half, offered safe air-conditioned travel and reduced road congestion and vehicle emissions.
  • Plans are underway to integrate the network with the Mumbai One smart ticketing app and link it to suburban rail and bus services for improved last-mile connectivity.