India, June 11 -- Starting today (June 11), Mumbai Metro passengers will be able to use the National Common Mobility Card or NCMC on the partially-operated underground Aarey-JVLR to Acharya Atre Chowk Metro 3 line. The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) constructed as well as operates and maintains the Mumbai Metro 3 route.

On Tuesday morning, the common mobility card was launched in Mantralaya by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and deputy chief ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar. This initiative allows commuters to simply tap and travel between Aarey-JVLR and Acharya Atre Chowk in Worli using the contactless cards, instead of queuing up at the ticket counters prior to each metro journey.

So far, the ticketing systems of Metro 1 ...