Mumbai cruises into future with monorail
Mumbai made history on Saturday Feb 16
when the nation’s first monorail
made its maiden journey with
passengers — non-monorail
personnel...
more... — on a trial run between
Wadala and Chembur.
The 8.8km trial journey started at
1.31pm from Wadala and reached
Chembur at 1.47pm. The return
journey started around 1.57pm and
ended around 2.16 pm.
The monorail route from Wadala to
Chembur showcases the history of
Mumbai, in a way. The swanky
access-controlled Wadala station
rises several meters above the rows
of metal transit accommodation,
surrounded by marshy land
pockmarked with stagnant dirty
water ponds near Anik. The shiny
new mode of transport and the
acres of decaying slums are a
gentle reminder of how change and
stagnancy co-exist in Mumbai.
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