MIAL to build three stations near airport

Mumbai The Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) has agreed to chip in for the construction of the Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro rail corridor as it promises to vastly enhance connectivity to both the international and domestic airports.
The MIAL, which is managed by a GVK-led consortium, will aid the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) by constructing three of the 27 stations closest to the airport on the Metro route — the domestic airport station, Sahar road station and international airport station. The MIAL will bear a cost of Rs 777 crore.
“MIAL has shown willingness to contribute to the Metro line 3 construction because for passenger convenience this facility is highly desirable specially when other competing airports have such facility,” the authority said in a letter to the MMRDA signed by its Chief Executive Officer R K Jain.
The cost of the 33.5-kilometre line has been pegged at Rs 21,000 crore. The line is more expensive than the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar and Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd routes as it is completely underground unlike the other two that are fully elevated.
05/03/12 Express India

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Categories: airports Mar 2012