10 points to note about India's first monorail in Mumbai

, Feb 1: Mumbai, the most populous metro city in India has one more distinction from Sunday - It owns the credit of being the first city to use

in the country. The monorail will be officially flagged off today at 3 pm and will be open for public from Sunday.

Here are 10 points you should know about it:

• The part that opens today is 8.93 km long between Wadala and Chembur in the eastern side of Mumbai.

• It is in three colours - Pink, Green and Blue.

• The monorail will be linked to major local train stations. So the station at Chembur is connected with a skywalk to the monorail station near it.

• To start with, the monorail will run every 15 minutes between 7 am and 3 pm.

• 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.

• All coaches of the monorail trains are air-conditioned; each train will carry 560 passengers.

• Tickets are priced between Rs. 5 and Rs. 11 with six stations on the way.

• There will no monthly passes like the ones the local trains, but there will be a system of smart cards.

• The seven stations on the 8.93-km long Phase-I of the Monorail corridor are Chembur, VN Purav/RC Marg Junction, Fertilizer Township, Bharat Petroleum, Mysore Colony, Bhakti Park and Wadala Depot.

• At its fastest, the monorail will run at 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph); the average speed is set at 65 kilometres per hour (40 mph).

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