Dahisar East metro station explained


Dahisar East
Type:Mumbai Metro terminus
Style:Mumbai Metro
Address:Ghartan Pada, Dahisar East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400068
Coordinates:19.2511°N 72.867°W
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Structure:Elevated, Double track
Platform:2 (2 side platform)
Operator:Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Limited (MMMOCL)
Tracks:2
Parking:No
Owned:Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)
Map State:collapsed
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Mapframe-Marker:rail
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Dahisar East is the elevated northern terminal station on the North-South corridor of the Yellow Line 2A of the Mumbai Metro in Mumbai, India. This metro station is located on the Western Express Highway in Northern Mumbai. This station is owned by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), and was opened to the public on 2 April 2022.

History

J Kumar Infraprojects was awarded the contract to construct the station in June 2016.[1] The MMRDA announced that electrification of the line had been completed on 26 May 2020.[2]

Dahisar East was opened to the public on 2 April 2022, along with the first phase of Line 2A.[3]

Station layout

L1
Platforms
Platform 2 toward Andheri West (Anand Nagar)
Platform 1← termination platform
MMezzanineFare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
GStreet levelExit/Entrance

Power and signaling system

Like all other stations and railways of Mumbai metro, Dahisar East station also uses 25,000 volt AC power system by overhead catenary to operate the trains.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 9 August 2016 . Tainted J Kumar Infraporjects bags Dahisar-DN Nagar Metro 2A project . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161015125202/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-tainted-j-kumar-infraporjects-bags-dahisar-dn-nagar-metro-2a-project-2242773 . 15 October 2016 . 14 October 2016 . dna.
  2. Web site: May 26, 2021 . MMRDA to conduct test run for two elevated Metro lines next week . 2023-07-09 . Mumbai Mirror . en . IANS.
  3. Web site: 2022-04-03 . Mumbai: Phase 1 of Metro Line 2A and 7 opened for public . 2023-07-09 . The Indian Express . en.