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Services connected Mumbai’s Metro Line 3, besides known arsenic the Aqua Line, were disrupted owed to a method snag during greeting unreserved hours connected Friday (May 22, 2026), leaving commuters stranded amid disorder and overcrowding.
This is the 2nd large disruption connected the 33.5-km-long corridor. On May 6, bid services connected the Aqua Line, which runs betwixt Cuffe Parade successful southbound Mumbai and Aarey Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR) successful the bluish suburbs, were deed owed to a occurrence astatine T2 Airport station.
The latest disruption, which lasted 40-50 minutes, affected office-goers during unreserved hour, with passengers accusing the authorities of not sharing timely updates. As bid movements came to a halt, the assemblage swelled connected the platforms of Metro stations and concourse areas.
After being stranded wrong stations and trains, commuters took to societal media to allege that nary wide announcements were made astir the origin of the disruption oregon the expected clip for resumption of operations.
In a statement, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL)said bid services connected some downline and upline routes experienced delays owed to a method contented earlier successful the day. “The responsibility has since been rectified, and mean bid services restored,” it said, without specifying the quality of the method responsibility oregon the timing of the disruption.
