India, Feb. 8 -- The web of metro rail corridors in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region is slowly inching closer to being woven together, as four new lines will be partially opened this year. These include lines 2B, 4, 4A, and 9, spread across Mumbai's eastern suburbs, Thane and Mira Road. Apart from these, phase two of metro line 3, from the Bandra Kurla Complex to Acharya Atre Chowk in Worli, is expected to open in March.

Nineteen metro stations across the four new lines, spanning 20.3 km, are almost ready, according to officials in the Maharashtra government. The longest of the four routes that will be opened is in Thane, part of the city's first metro line. Citizens will be able to travel from Cadbury Junction to Gaimukh once lines 4 and ...