Overview
- The Pink Line, a 23.203 km fully elevated corridor built under a DBFOT public‑private partnership, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and began passenger services with 17 of 23 stations opening to commuters.
- The line was inaugurated on Tuesday, Nov 3, and passenger services started the next day with the remaining six stations scheduled to open in phases and the entire corridor expected to be operational by January 2027.
- Project details include an estimated construction cost of about Rs 8,313 crore, an installed on‑site solar capacity of 7.60 MW intended to meet roughly 30% of the line’s power needs, and an all‑women train‑operator roster with about 50% women station staff.
- At the same ceremony the government laid foundation stones for Phase II — four corridors totaling about 44.39 km and roughly 41 elevated stations — with reported investments in the range of Rs 13,500 crore to Rs 21,800 crore and multi‑year delivery timelines.
- Officials project initial daily ridership around 200,000 with scope to grow to 250,000–300,000, and they expect the new link to shorten Hinjawadi–Shivajinagar journeys to about 40–45 minutes while easing road congestion for IT and residential commuters.