[caption id=“attachment_136713” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  The new monorail in Mumbai - seen here - was inaugurated on Saturday and made available for public use today. Image courtesy Sachin Gokhale[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_136713” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Policemen hover near the security checks of the new monorail. It rund between Wadala and Chembur in the eastern fringes of Mumbai. Image courtesy Sachin Gokhale[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_136713” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  The monorail is done up in bright shades of pink and blue. The monorail is linked to major local train stations. So the station at Chembur is connected with a skywalk to the monorail station near it. Image courtesy Sachin Gokhale[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_136713” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Monorail at the Wadala station. To start with, the monorail will run every 15 minutes between 7 am and 3 pm. Image courtesy Sachin Gokhale[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_136714” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  The Wadala station signal. When the entire monorail project is completed, it will be 20 km long and connect Jacob Circle in south Mumbai to Chembur in eastern Mumbai. Image courtesy Sachin Gokhale[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_136714” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  The two monorail trains seen here. All coaches of the monorail trains are air-conditioned; each train will carry 560 passengers. Image courtesy Sachin Gokhale[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_136714” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  The security checks at the Wadala station. Tickets are priced between Rs five and Rs eleven with six stations on the way. Image courtesy Sachin Gokhale[/caption]
Starting Sunday, Mumbai will become the first city in India to use a monorail. Here are the images
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