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Mumbai gets India's first mono rail

Mumbai: Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan today flagged off Mumbai's first mono rail between Chembur and Wadala, which is expected to ease some burden from the city's suburban rail and bus services. Deputy Chief Minister



It takes 40 minutes at present but the monorail will take only about 21 minutes.

The entire rail will be able to carry about 2,500 passengers (each car will accommodate 568 commuters) and they will arrive in stations at an interval of 15 minutes or four trains in an hour.

For the initial weeks, the timing will be 7:00 a.m to 3:00 pm. It will later be changed to 5:00 am till midnight.

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