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Mumbai: Three Metro Line 2A stations get new names
Updated On: 12 April, 2023 08:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
The change follows passengers demands for the same due to confusing names such as Lower Malad and Pahadi
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A Metro train on Line 2A near Pahadi Eksar station that has been renamed Shimpoli. File pic/Satej Shinde
The names of three stations on the Metro Yellow Line 2A have been formally changed following public consultations. Yellow Line 2A operates on the New Link Road from Dahisar East to DN Nagar. Passengers had said they were confused with some of the names. mid-day had reported this in January. While the station of Pahadi Eksar has been renamed as Shimpoli, the name Valnai has been renamed Valnai-Meeth Chowky and Pahadi Goregaon has been renamed Bangur Nagar.
An official note stated that the revised station names shall be used in future. The station name signages installed at all stations will also be updated. etro Line 2A covers a route length of 18.60 km on a fully elevated line with 17 stations and has an interface with Metro Line 1 at DN Nagar station, Metro Line 6 at Shastri Nagar near Lokhandwala and is linked to Metro Red Line 7 at Dahisar.
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