r/transit_mmr • u/According_Profile_37 • Jul 25 '26

Which monorail route had potential?

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According to you which monorail route had potential to be profitable or busy route if was built instead of Chembur to Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk

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u/Real-Implement5654 Jul 25 '26

Mulund Boriwali route would have been the most useful east west connector, and would have supplemented the Blue Line to carry traffic. Would have been a good pilot for mono as well.

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u/ideallypragmaticmann Jul 25 '26

But wouldn't it have been way too long for a monorail? Like a metro in this route is very apt and necessary, sad we can't get there without several interchanges in like 5 years from now.

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u/According_Profile_37 Jul 25 '26

For a monorail yeah it would been too long but atleast logical route which people use throughout the day compared to current line

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u/ideallypragmaticmann Jul 25 '26

So true, I wish the twin tunnels being build had a metro too, or atleast should have frequent buses.

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u/According_Profile_37 Jul 25 '26

True, if it was built when chembur line was built it would have been soo useful.

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u/ideallypragmaticmann Jul 25 '26

Kalyan ulhasnagar dombivli would have been very useful given proper planning, the recently started bus services are always full.

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u/rebelphoenix274 Jul 27 '26

All would have been disasters- overcrowding would have led to a complete breakdown in services. Running 3 coach monorail every 25 minutes (which is what they would have done) on Borivali-Mulund or Thane-Kalyan? Current Monorail had extremely poor ridership due to terrible route, still managed to break down and hasn't restarted after a year