With Aqua Line eating into its ridership, undertaking feels move will help it identify new feeder routes and increase passenger flow; rhe Aqua Line, which operates between Aarey and Cuff Parade, started its full operations on October 8, after partial operations — between BKC and Acharya Atre Chowk in Worli — commenced on May 10

With the new Aqua Line Metro route estimated to take up significant ridership from BEST buses, especially last mile ridership on shorter routes such as between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Mantralaya, and in the business district of Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), the transport authority is set to study the change in commuters’ travel patterns for further route rationalisation, providing new feeder routes, and effectively increasing/compensating BE

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