Eksar metro station

Eksar
Mumbai Metro station
General information
Location	Eksar Village, Eksar, Borivali, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400091
Coordinates	19°14′26″N72°50′37″E / 19.2404402°N 72.8434822°E / 19.2404402; 72.8434822
Owned by	MMRDA
Operated by	Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corp. Ltd (MMMOCL)
Line(s)	Yellow Line 2A
Platforms	2 (2 side platform)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Parking	No
History
Opened	2 April 2022;3 years ago (2022-04-02)
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Metro Following station Mandapeshwar towards Dahisar (East) Yellow Line 2A Borivali (West) towards Andheri (West)
Route map Legend Yellow Line km Red Line to Gundavali 0.0000 Dahisar East Red Line to Subhash Chandra Bose Stadium Mahatma Gandhi Road 0.7110 Anand Nagar (Mumbai) Western line to Dahanu Road Dahisar River 2.4227 Kandarpada 3.3831 Mandapeshwar 4.4684 Eksar 5.5375 Borivali West 6.4659 Shimpoli 7.5718 Kandivli West 8.2003 Dahanukarwadi Poisar River Charkop Depot 9.5355 Valnai–Meeth Chowky 10.8460 Malad West 12.2434 Lower Malad 13.1831 Bangur Nagar 14.4555 Goregaon West Oshiwara River 15.4687 Oshiwara Adarsh Nagar Pink Line 16.4330 Lower Oshiwara 17.5786 Andheri West D N Nagar Blue Line 18.6376 ESIC Nagar 20.3026 Prem Nagar 20.8292 Indira Nagar (Vile Parle) 21.9025 Nanavati Hospital Western line 23.5094 Khira Nagar┃Santacruz 24.4660 Saraswat Nagar 25.5590 National College (Bandra) 26.6997 Bandra┃Bandra Western line to Churchgate Western Express Highway 28.9139 Income Tax Office (BKC) Bandra Kurla Complex Aqua Line Vakola Nala 30.1880 ILFS, BKC 30.8928 MTNL, BKC Mithi River 32.7202 SG Barve Marg Central line ← to Mumbai CSMT┃to Kalyan Junction → Lokmanya Tilak Terminus flyover road Harbour line to Mumbai CSMT 34.3492 Kurla (East) 35.3563 Eastern Express Highway Green Line 35.9967 Chembur VNP & RC Marg Mumbai Monorail 36.9590 Diamond Garden 37.8190 Shivaji Chowk (Chembur) Eastern Freeway 38.9396 BSNL, Govandi 40.5467 Mankhurd┃Mankhurd Harbour line to Panvel 41.5074 Mandale Mandale Depot km This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Eksar is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Yellow Line 2A of Mumbai Metro in Mumbai, India. This station is located in Borivali, Mumbai. This station is owned by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), and was inaugurated on 2 April 2022. ^{[1] [2]}

History

J Kumar Infraprojects was awarded the contract to construct the station in June 2016. ^[3] The MMRDA announced that electrification of the line had been completed on 26 May 2020. ^[4]

Eksar was opened to the public on 2 April 2022, along with the first phase of Line 2A. ^{[5] [6]}

Station layout

2nd Floor	Side platform
Platform 2 Southbound	→  2A   toward Andheri (West) → →Next station: Borivali (West)
Platform 1 Northbound	←   2A   toward Dahisar (East) ←Next station: Mandapeshwar
Side platform
1st Floor	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
G	Street level	Exit/Entrance

Power and signaling system

Like all other stations and railways of Mumbai metro, Eksar station also uses 25,000 volt AC power system by overhead catenary to operate the trains.

References

1. "Mumbai Metro: Line 2A, Line 7 launched, check routes, station details here". DNA India. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
2. "Mumbai Metro's 2A & 7 Lines to Cover Andheri to Dahisar in Just 75 Minutes | Know Fare, Routes as Ops Begin Today". News18. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
3. "Tainted J Kumar Infraporjects bags Dahisar-DN Nagar Metro 2A project". dna. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
4. "MMRDA to conduct test run for two elevated Metro lines next week". Mumbai Mirror. IANS. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
5. "Mumbai: Phase 1 of Metro Line 2A and 7 opened for public". The Indian Express. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
6. "Mumbai Metro: These 2 lines to get operational today. Check route, other details". mint. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.