Acharya Atre Nagar is a monorail station on the Mumbai Monorail network in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The station serves the Acharya Atre Nagar locality in the Wadala–Chembur belt of eastern Mumbai and forms part of the city's first monorail corridor, which is operated by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
Key facts
| Name | Acharya Atre Nagar |
|---|---|
| System | Mumbai Monorail |
| Line | Line 1 (Wadala – Chembur – Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk) |
| Location | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Owner | Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) |
| Structure | Elevated |
Background
The Mumbai Monorail was conceived by the MMRDA as a feeder transit system intended to connect dense residential pockets, industrial estates and arterial corridors that were not directly served by the suburban railway or the Mumbai Metro. The first phase of the system, between Wadala Depot and Chembur, was opened to the public on 1 February 2014, making it the first operational monorail in India in the modern era. The second phase, extending the line westward from Wadala to Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk near Jacob Circle, was commissioned on 3 March 2019, completing the corridor.
Acharya Atre Nagar is named after the locality in which it is situated, which in turn commemorates the Marathi writer, journalist and politician Pralhad Keshav Atre, popularly known as Acharya Atre.
Location and connectivity
The station lies along the elevated alignment of the monorail in the eastern suburbs of Mumbai, close to the Eastern Freeway and the Bharat Petroleum refinery belt. It functions as a neighbourhood-level station, providing access to nearby residential clusters and bus connections operated by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking. The adjacent stations on Line 1 lie on the Wadala–Chembur section of the corridor.
Significance
As one of the original stations of India's first modern monorail line, Acharya Atre Nagar is part of a transit experiment intended to demonstrate the viability of medium-capacity elevated rail in dense urban corridors with limited road width. The line supplements the suburban railway network and the expanding Mumbai Metro, and is integrated into the larger public transport plan for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Related topics
- Mumbai Monorail
- Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority
- Mumbai Metro
- Wadala
- Chembur
- Pralhad Keshav Atre
- Transport in Mumbai
References
- Wikidata entity: Q63346707
- Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority – official publications on the Mumbai Monorail.