Transportation
The most common forms of transportation in Navi Mumbai are the red NMMT buses and suburban trains. NMMT buses are similar to the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport buses except that they are operated by NMMC. Auto rickshaws and Taxis are popular modes of transport. With the Mulund-Airoli link, currently the fastest route to central is via NMMT or the BEST buses to Mulund.
Within each node, the auto rickshaw is the preferred mode of transportation. Yellow and Black taxicabs operating from designated taxi stands provide the means to travel further to destinations . Taxis charge a fixed rate approved by the Regional Transport Office.
The Mumbai Suburban Railway network covers most of the populated region of the city. The most important suburban railway stations are Panvel, Vashi, Belapur and Nerul. The stations are planned as major railway junctions. Panvel is the only mainline station and also the busiest railway station of Navi Mumbai. All outstaion trains halt here for time periods varying from 5 to 20 minutes. It is an important junction since 5 railway lines come and meet here and it is connected to almost all parts of India. A new broad Gauge line is functional between Karjat and Panvel, and currently plies two express trains.
The Thane - Vashi corridor on the Harbour Line of the Central Railway was commissioned on 9 November 2004. The trains ply along an 18.5 km route through Vashi, Sanpada, Turbhe, Kopar Khairane, Ghansoli, Rabale and Airoli, to Thane. Work to lay an additional pair of tracks between Thane and Kurla has been completed - the 5th and 6th corridor for a ring railway route:
BEST buses of the 500 series travel all over New Mumbai. For example, BEST route 505 starts from the CBD Belapur and ends at Bandra and vice versa. Others routes such as 506, 507, 511, 512 take commuters from Nerul and back. NMMT AC Volvo and BEST AC Kinglong buses are both available to people of Navi Mumbai.
The 10 km long Palm Beach Marg (marg translates to road in Marathi) is a six-lane, state-of-the-art road that connects Vashi to CBD-Belapur running parallel to the creek. It is a twin of the Marine Drive.
Navi Mumbai boasts the most advanced port in India, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, at Nhava Sheva near Uran. It is well connected with road and railways, and handles approximately 65% of India's container traffic.
Navi Mumbai is located just 30 km away from Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport which currently acts as the International Airport for the city.
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