Metro Lines 9 and 2B Are Running. What the New Stations Mean for Homes in Mira Road, Dahisar, Mankhurd and Chembur

In Mumbai, the single question that decides whether a tenant takes a flat is almost always the same: how long is the commute? Every new metro line changes that answer for thousands of homes.

Two lines that opened this year deserve more attention than they've had.

Which metro lines opened in Mumbai in 2026?

On 8 April 2026, commercial services began on the first phases of Metro Line 9 and Metro Line 2B, according to a PTI report in ThePrint.

• Line 9, Phase 1 (5.6 km): Dahisar East, Pandurangwadi, Miragaon and Kashigaon. The MMRDA says it cuts Mira-Bhayandar to Mumbai travel to about 30 minutes, from one to two hours. It runs as an integrated corridor with Line 7, from Gundavali to Kashigaon (19.79 km).
• Line 2B, Phase 1 (5.53 km): Diamond Garden, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Chowk, Deonar, Mankhurd and Mandale. It's the first metro on the Harbour Line side of the city, with trains roughly every 9.5 minutes.

Will property prices rise near the new metro stations?

My honest view: rents move first, prices follow more slowly. When a commute shrinks, tenants who work in Andheri, BKC or the western suburbs start looking at areas they'd have ignored before. That shows up as faster lettings and firmer rents in buildings within a comfortable walk of a station. Prices tend to catch up over years, not months, and the best gains go to well-built, well-run societies rather than every flat on the map.

Which areas benefit most?

• Mira Road and Bhayandar: the biggest change in commute time, and a large stock of relatively affordable homes.
• Dahisar East: now an interchange between Lines 2A and 7, without leaving the paid area.
• Mankhurd, Deonar and Chembur: first metro access on the Harbour side, adding to the Eastern Freeway and monorail. See our Chembur page.
• Borivali and Kandivali: better links north and east through the Line 7 and 9 corridor. See our Borivali and Kandivali pages.