The rapid transit metro system is designed to reduce traffic congestion in the city and supplement the overcrowded Mumbai Suburban Railway network.
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About Mumbai MetroThus, the Mumbai metro line was developed to reduce traffic congestion and provide additional support to the overcrowded railway network. The Mumbai metro project was planned to be constructed over 15 years in three phases. Phase one of the project is expected to be completed by October 2026.
The accident occurred when the Pink monorail backed through an improperly aligned switch-beam and struck the Purple monorail. An operator and six passengers were on board the Purple monorail at the time of the collision.
In June 2015, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) proposed building a 32 km Wadala-Thane-Kasarvadavali metro line as part of a plan to build 6 new metro lines at a total estimated cost of ?64,000 crore (US$8.0 billion).
That wrap-around makes monorail track crossovers hard and expensive to build, and slow to operate. Watch this video to see how it works. You can see that while monorail crossovers aren't completely impossible, they're vastly less practical than for normal trains.
One of the biggest disadvantages of monorails are difficulties switching them between tracks—there's no technology to provide for a high speed switch, and compared to rail infrastructure, the switches are expensive and trouble prone.
Monorail requires the lowest operating and maintenance costs of any mass transit system. Elevated monorail cars are much less likely to suffer vandalism and often remain much cleaner than ground based rail.