Mumbai Mar 31 PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will inaugurate sections of two new Mumbai Metro lines on the occasion of Gudi Padwa the Marathi New Year on April 2 it was announced on Thursday nearly eight years after the mass rapid transit system made its entry into the cityMetro services on the first phase of Line 2A and also Line 7 both in western suburbs will be thrown open for commuter use Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority MMRDA commissioner SVR Srinivas saidMetro Line 2A is between Dahanukarwadi and Dahisar while Line 7 is between Aarey Colony and DahisarAddressing a press conference at MMRDA headquarters in Bandra Kurla Complex here Srinivas said the phase one of the two Metro lines will be opened for public use on the same day or next morning after inauguration of the 2017-km-long corridors their combined length which have 18 stations The Metro services will be operated between 6 am and 10 pmSrinivas said the trains to be deployed on the elevated corridors are designed for driverless operations along with communication-based train control CBTC signalling systems However during initial phases the trains will be manned by operators or attendants including a few female pilotsThe system will be upgraded to unmanned train operation UTO in the future he said adding though the sanctioned speed for the corridors is 80 kmph initially the trains will be operated at 70 kmphThe senior bureaucrat said that daily 150 services will be operated on these two lines with 11 rakes of six coaches each Over 2250 passengers can travel on a train at a timeSrinivas said the minimum ticket for the Metro train ride is Rs 10 while the maximum is Rs 50 rates will change after every 3km but monthly pass facility wont be available initially on the new linesFares are reasonable the MMRDA commissioner said adding cycles can be carried on the Metro trains but charges for them have not been decided yetHe said the MMRDA has done multi-modal integration at the Metro stations and the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport BEST undertaking buses will be run as feeder servicesHighlighting that Line 2A and Line 7 have witnessed negligible cost escalation Srinivas said they have targeted to complete phase two of the corridors by August 15The financial capital is getting the new Metro corridors nearly eight years after the first line of the mass rapid transit system linking Varsova-Andheri-Ghatkopar was opened for commuters in June 2014 PTI KK RSY RSY