Thane district’s first-ever Metro rail, the Mumbai Metro Red Line 9 to Mira Road, is set for its trial run this week. With the overhead wires activated and charged on Saturday, the route is now ready for train trials. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is likely to flag off the run. Metro Line 9 is an extension of Red Line 7 from Andheri-Dahisar to Mira-Bhayandar. It will enable a direct Metro link from Andheri (WEH) to Kashimira in the first phase and extend up to Subhash Chandra Bose Stadium, Bhayandar (West), in the second phase.

While the entire Red Line 9 includes eight stations—Dahisar, Pandurang Wadi, Miragaon, Kashigaon, Sai Baba Nagar, Meditiya Nagar, Shahid Bhagat Singh Garden, and Subhash Chandra Bose Stadium—only the first four stations up to Kashigaon will be functional in the first phase.