Question 1

When will Mumbai Metro Line 5 open?

Accepted Answer

Phase 1, Kapurbawdi to Dhamankar Naka, has a target of the end of 2026: MMRDA's press release of May 2026 quotes the Chief Minister saying it will open by then, with no exact date. Its overhead wires were energised from 7 Sep 2026, ahead of the safety inspection and trial runs; a report that month, quoting MMRDA, puts the trial runs at about six months, which does not fit the target. The rest of the line, Phases 2 and 3 and the Line 5A spur, has a reported target of 2030-31.

Question 2

Which stations open first?

Accepted Answer

The 7 stations of Phase 1: Kapurbawdi, Balkum Naka, Kasheli, Kalher, Purna, Anjurphata and Dhamankar Naka. Kapurbawdi is built as part of Metro Line 4 and is the interchange with it, so MMRDA counts the other 6 as Phase 1's stations.

Question 3

How much of Line 5 is built?

Accepted Answer

Phase 1's civil work is done: MMRDA's progress table for 31 Aug 2026 shows all 9 of its activities at 100%, from piling to the deck slab. The table does not name the stretch it covers, but its items match Phase 1. Work beyond Bhiwandi, towards Kalyan, has not begun, as reported in September 2026.

Question 4

What is the route of Metro Line 5?

Accepted Answer

Thane (Kapurbawdi) to Kalyan, via Bhiwandi and Durgadi, with a spur from Bhoirwadi to Ulhasnagar. MMRDA gives 34.21 km including the spur, and 19 stations. To the Ulhas river bridge at Durgadi it follows the road medians of Agra Road through Bhiwandi, the Bhiwandi bypass and Kalyan-Bhiwandi Road. Bhiwandi station is underground; every other station is elevated.

Question 5

Which stations are on Line 5?

Accepted Answer

18 on the line, in order from Kapurbawdi: Kapurbawdi, Balkum Naka, Kasheli, Kalher, Purna, Anjurphata, Dhamankar Naka, Bhiwandi, Temghar, Rajnouli, Gove Gaon, Kon Gaon, Kongaon West, Durgadi, Khadakpada, Bhoirwadi, Shivaji Path, Kalyan. The Line 5A spur adds Shanti Nagar, Shivaji Chowk and Ulhasnagar. Kongaon West has no published position yet.

Question 6

Where does Line 5 meet other lines?

Accepted Answer

At Kapurbawdi, with Metro Line 4 (Wadala-Kasarvadavali). At Kalyan, with Metro Line 12 (Kalyan-Taloja) and the Central Railway at Kalyan Junction. At Balkum Naka, a planned interchange with the Thane Integral Ring Metro (Maha-Metro), due by 2029, as reported; the ring line's official route map puts its Balkum Naka station about 1 km east of Line 5's, and does not call the two an interchange. The 2017 plan also had a stop at APMC Kalyan, near Line 12's APMC Kalyan station; the revised plan drops it.

Question 7

What happens past Bhiwandi?

Accepted Answer

Phase 2, Dhamankar Naka to Durgadi, 10.48 km with 6 stations, was approved by the Union Government on 29 Aug 2026, as reported, and has not started. It goes underground at Bhiwandi station. Past the Ulhas river bridge, Phase 3 loops north through Durgadi and Khadakpada, east to Bhoirwadi, then back west through Shivaji Path to Kalyan, on a tentative key plan of March 2026. The 2017 plan's stops at Gopal Nagar, Sahajanand Chowk and APMC Kalyan are dropped.

Question 8

Where does the Line 5A spur go?

Accepted Answer

From just past Bhoirwadi to Ulhasnagar, about 5.27 km, with stations at Shanti Nagar, Shivaji Chowk and Ulhasnagar, on the tentative key plan of March 2026. MMRDA counts it with Durgadi to Kalyan as Phase 5A: 11.83 km, 7 stations and Rs 4,063 crore together.

Question 9

How much does Metro Line 5 cost?

Accepted Answer

MMRDA's press release of May 2026 gives Rs 18,130 crore for the expanded corridor: Phase 1 Rs 6,741 crore, Phase 2 Rs 7,326 crore and Phase 5A Rs 4,063 crore. The 2017 plan's cost was Rs 8,416.51 crore. AIIB approved a loan concept for the trains, signalling and power in April 2020; the final loan amounts are not published.

Question 10

Who is building Line 5?

Accepted Answer

MMRDA (Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority) is building the line. Afcons Infrastructure built Phase 1's viaduct and stations (package CA-28, awarded in January 2020), Rithwik Projects the Kasheli depot, and Titagarh Rail Systems is building the trains and signalling (package CA-241, announced on 31 Oct 2025).

Question 11

Where is the Line 5 depot?

Accepted Answer

At Kasheli, on about 27.134 hectares, on Phase 1.

Question 12

Which trains will run on Line 5?

Accepted Answer

Titagarh Rail Systems is building 22 six-car trains (132 coaches) at its plant at Uttarpara, near Kolkata, under package CA-241, with the signalling and platform screen doors. MMRDA's figures: cars 3.2 m wide, and 1,756 people in a six-car train.

Question 13

How many people will use Line 5?

Accepted Answer

About 3.025 lakh riders a day by 2031, as projected. MMRDA's figures of 2026 put travel time 40 to 50% below the road; its Line 5 page, from the 2017 plan, still says 50 to 75%.

Question 14

What else is Metro Line 5 called?

Accepted Answer

Mumbai Metro Line 5 is also called Metro 5, the Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan Metro or the undefined. Trade press treats Lines 5 and 12 as one Orange Line, a colour MMRDA announced in 2020; MMRDA's Line 5 page names no colour.