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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged disconnected the proceedings tally of Metro Line 4 A connected Monday (September 22, 2025) and said, “The operation of Metro enactment 4 volition beryllium finished by the extremity of 2026 and afloat operational by 2027, with 21 lakh radical travelling regular connected the line.”
“The regular influx connected Metro 4 A enactment volition beryllium implicit 13 lakhs. Our steps are to unfastened each the metro lines by the extremity of adjacent year. With the availability of onshore successful the Mogharpada depot, the enactment of metro 4, 10, and 11 has started,” said Mr. Fadnavis, adding that from Thane to Mumbai, a 58 km metro enactment volition beryllium made available.
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the authorities bureau liable for infrastructure improvement of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), conducted proceedings runs connected Thane’s Cadbury Junction-Gaimukh conception of Metro Line 4, which is the archetypal signifier of the Wadala to Kasarvadavali Metro 4 corridor.
According to MMRDA officials, the 10.5km Cadbury Junction-Gaimukh agelong (Metro 4 A) volition beryllium operational for commuters by December-end, aft clearances. The agelong is simply a portion of the 32.3km Wadala-Thane-Kasarvadavali Metro-4 corridor.
Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde besides called the proceedings tally “historic” and “an achievement” for Thanekars, arsenic aft the railway, this is the archetypal clip Thane is going to get a metro. “The railway successful Thane was inaugurated successful 1853; today, aft 172 years, Thane is going to get a caller mode of transport.”
He besides took potshots astatine erstwhile governments, alleging that Thane was ignored portion the metro projects for MMR were being approved during Congressman Prithviraj Chavan’s tenure arsenic Chief Minister. “We protested to bring the metro to Thane astatine that time. Between 2014 and 2021, during Mr. Fadnavis’ government, galore metro projects were approved. In 2022, during Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)‘s tenure, the task was halted. During my tenure, we started again and brought it till here,” said Mr. Shinde.
The Metro Line 4A volition person 6 coaches with stops astatine Majiwada, Kapurbawdi, Manpada, Tikuji-ni-Wadi, Dongri Pada, Vijay Garden, Kasarvadavali, and Gowniwada; successful total, Metro 4 volition person 32 stations.
Mr. Shinde besides said that the loop volition beryllium created astir Mumbai, connecting Thane to CST. “The authorities has besides approved the interior metros that volition link Kalayan-Dombivali-Bhiwandi, Swami Samarth Nagar to Kanjurmarg, Kapurwadi to Kalyan, Gaimukh to Mira-Bhayandar, and Wadala- CST, providing last-mile connectivity,” said Mr. Shinde.
