The entire Metro 3 line, after day-long operations, carried just 20,500 commuters. This is ludicrous; the authorities are making a laughing stock of themselves. It takes less than 25 BEST buses to carry that many commuters in a day. And with all as many as eight cars or bogies per train, so many trips and such poor numbers.

Mumbai inaugurated its first underground metro corridor from Bandra-Kurla Complex to Aarey. Commuters praised it as time-saving and affordable. Prime Minister Modi flagged off the project, costing Rs 14,

INDIA: On October 5 India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the first 12·7 km section of Mumbai Metro's Aqua Line, or Line 3, flagging off a service at Bandra-Kurla Complex station before riding the line.

On the first day of full operations for Mumbai Metro Line 3's Aqua Line Phase 1, 20,482 passengers used the underground corridor by 9 pm on Tuesday, following a ridership of 18,015 on the initial day of commercial operation on Monday.

Phase-1 of Mumbai`s first underground Metro corridor, the aqua line, stretching from Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) to Aarey, became operational for the public on Monday morning, news agency PTI reported.

The much-awaited phase one of the city's maiden underground Metro – Line 3 or Aqua Line – from Aarey Colony-JVLR to the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), officially commenced operations on Monday after it was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 5.

Mumbai's first underground Metro corridor, the aqua line's phase-1, stretching from Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) to Aarey became operational for the public on Monday morning