<p>India's first and only monorail project is now complete.</p>.<p>Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged off the Phase-II of the monorail project between Wadala to Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk— a distance of 11.28 km— on Sunday.</p>.<p>On February 2, 2014, the then chief minister Prithviraj Chavan commissioned the Phase-I of the project between Chembur and Wadala depot (8.26 km).</p>.<p>In 2008, the then chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh cleared the project and in 2009, his successor Ashok Chavan laid the foundation of the project.</p>.<p>Mumbaikars will be able to ride the entire 19.54-km-long Chembur to Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk Monorail corridor, which is devoid of any mass public rapid transit system.</p>.<p>According to officials of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the monorail will operate daily from 6 am to 10 pm with a 22-minute gap between the two mono trains and will also reduce the travel time from 90 minutes to a mere 30 minutes.</p>.<p>The seventeen stations on the entire corridor are Chembur, V N Purav Marg, Fertilizer Township, Bharat Petroleum, Mysore Colony, Bhakti Park, Wadala Depot (all Phase-I), G T B Nagar, Antop Hill, Acharya Atre Nagar, Wadala Bridge, Dadar-East, Naigaon, Ambedkar Nagar, Mint Colony, Lower Parel and Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk (all Phase-II).</p>.<p>The Mumbai monorail has been built by engineering and construction major L&T in association with Scomi Group Bhd of Malaysia.</p>.<p>"This is the first and only monorail project in Mumbai. The government is focusing on metro rail," official sources said.</p>.<p>The entire Mumbai monorail plan had eight lines in two stages, but over the years there has been a rethinking and the other six lines are on hold.</p>.<p>The select countries that have monorail are the United States, Germany, China, Japan, Australia, Thailand and Malaysia.</p>
<p>India's first and only monorail project is now complete.</p>.<p>Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged off the Phase-II of the monorail project between Wadala to Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk— a distance of 11.28 km— on Sunday.</p>.<p>On February 2, 2014, the then chief minister Prithviraj Chavan commissioned the Phase-I of the project between Chembur and Wadala depot (8.26 km).</p>.<p>In 2008, the then chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh cleared the project and in 2009, his successor Ashok Chavan laid the foundation of the project.</p>.<p>Mumbaikars will be able to ride the entire 19.54-km-long Chembur to Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk Monorail corridor, which is devoid of any mass public rapid transit system.</p>.<p>According to officials of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the monorail will operate daily from 6 am to 10 pm with a 22-minute gap between the two mono trains and will also reduce the travel time from 90 minutes to a mere 30 minutes.</p>.<p>The seventeen stations on the entire corridor are Chembur, V N Purav Marg, Fertilizer Township, Bharat Petroleum, Mysore Colony, Bhakti Park, Wadala Depot (all Phase-I), G T B Nagar, Antop Hill, Acharya Atre Nagar, Wadala Bridge, Dadar-East, Naigaon, Ambedkar Nagar, Mint Colony, Lower Parel and Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk (all Phase-II).</p>.<p>The Mumbai monorail has been built by engineering and construction major L&T in association with Scomi Group Bhd of Malaysia.</p>.<p>"This is the first and only monorail project in Mumbai. The government is focusing on metro rail," official sources said.</p>.<p>The entire Mumbai monorail plan had eight lines in two stages, but over the years there has been a rethinking and the other six lines are on hold.</p>.<p>The select countries that have monorail are the United States, Germany, China, Japan, Australia, Thailand and Malaysia.</p>
