{"id":68324,"date":"2023-05-11T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T10:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navimumbaihouses.com\/blog\/?p=68324"},"modified":"2023-05-11T15:36:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T10:06:00","slug":"mumbai-navi-mumbai-water-taxi-jetty-location-route-and-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navimumbaihouses.com\/blog\/location\/mumbai-navi-mumbai-water-taxi-jetty-location-route-and-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Mumbai-Navi Mumbai Water Taxi: Jetty location, route, and times"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEST assesses the water taxi service<\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to a ToI article, the Mumbai Electric Supply & Transport (BEST) is considering launching water taxi services between the Gateway of India, Uran, Belapur, and JNPT.\u00a0 To understand the policy governing how water taxis should operate in the MM. BEST is in contact with the Union Ministry and the Mumbai Maritime Board.<\/yoastmark>\u00a0 Between Marve and Manori, BEST had considered offering water taxi services, but it was abandoned for technical reasons.<\/p>\n

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What is Mumbai-Navi Mumbai’s water taxi?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A Navi Mumbai to Mumbai ferry service was suggest in order to shorten the distance between Navi Mumbai and Mumbai and ease the burden on the road and rail transportation systems.<\/yoastmark> The CIDCO Water Taxi Mumbai to Navi Mumbai service is what is offer here.<\/p>\n

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Launch of a water taxi service between Belapur and the Gateway of India <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Beginning on February 7,2023, the water taxi “Nayan XI” ran between Belapur and the Gateway of India. The service is offered Monday through Friday, with one journey made per day in each direction. On this route, “Nayan XI” is not run on the weekends. By 9.25 am, the water taxi had arrived at the Gateway of India after departing from Belapur jetty at 8.30. At 6.30 pm in the evening, the water taxi departs from the Gateway of India and arrives in Belapur at 7.30 am.<\/yoastmark> The upper deck in this service costs Rs 350 as opposed to Rs 250 for the bottom deck.<\/p>\n

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Operation of the water taxi between Belapur and Mandwa <\/strong><\/h2>\n

The first weekend-only water taxi service between Belapur and Mandwa began on November 26, 2022. The Nayan XI vessel Water Taxi Mumbai, operated by Nayantara Shipping Private Limited, departs Belapur at 8 am and arrives at Mandwa at 9.15 am, having travelled for one hour and fifteen minutes.<\/yoastmark>\u00a0 The final domestic cruise service departs Mandwa at 6 p.m. and arrives in Belapur at 7.45 p.m.<\/p>\n

The executive class deck is on the lower deck and has room for about 140 passengers, whilst the business class deck, which is the upper deck, has seating for about 60 and tickets cost Rs 400 apiece.<\/yoastmark> Mumbai’s Water Taxi charges Rs 300 for executive class.<\/p>\n

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Service between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai begins in February 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On February 17, 2022, Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched the Water Taxi Mumbai-Navi Mumbai service.<\/p>\n

The 11 nautical mile journey from Bhaucha Dhakka (Ferry Wharf) in south Mumbai to Nerul in Navi Mumbai may be complete in 30-45 minutes thanks to the CIDCO water taxi.<\/yoastmark><\/p>\n

As part of the Mumbai Eastern Waterfront project, the CIDCO water taxi Mumbai to Navi Mumbai is being built on the Panvel Creek.<\/yoastmark> In Nerul, directly behind the NRI Complex is where you’ll find the Nerul Passenger Water Transport Terminal. In October 2021, the Maharashtra Maritime Board sponsored a trail run.<\/p>\n

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Mumbai-Navi Mumbai water taxi fare<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With so many operators, the water taxi costs between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai are extremely competitive. Indian Express claims that while one Mumbai water taxi operator will charge Rs 290 for transportation from DCT to Belapur, a different Mumbai water taxi operator will charge Rs 12,000 per month for the same route.<\/yoastmark><\/p>\n

One of the water taxi Navi Mumbai companies, Infinity Harbour Services LLP, would charge Rs 45 per minute every passenger for its services.<\/yoastmark> While the price to JNPT is probably going to be Rs 750, the fare for the Navi Mumbai to Mumbai ferry is anticipate to be between Rs 1,200 and 1,500 per passenger.<\/yoastmark><\/p>\n

At the moment, Infinity Harbour Services LLP operates four water taxis in Mumbai, including a 50-seater, a 40-seater, a 32-seater, and a 14-seater, all of which have a top speed of 25 knots.<\/yoastmark> Routes allocated by the government include those from the International Cruise Terminal to Elephanta, the Domestic Cruise Terminal to Rewas, Karanjade, and Dharamtar, the Domestic Cruise Terminal to Belapur, Nerul, Vashi, and Airoli, and the DCT to the Khanderi Islands and JNPT.<\/yoastmark> At Vashi and Airoli, jetties still need to be construct. From DCT to Navi Mumbai, it will take these boats less than 30 minutes. However it will take a taxi anything from 1 hour 15 to 1 hour 45 minutes.<\/yoastmark> With services interrupted during the monsoon. The company intends to run water taxi Mumbai from 8 am to 8 pm for 330 days out of the year.<\/yoastmark><\/p>\n

Mumbai-Navi Mumbai Water Taxi<\/h5>\n

Infinity Harbour Services LLP plans to offer pool taxis at locations like as Churchgate, CST, Nariman Point, Gateway of India, DCT, Dockyard, Belapur, Nerul, and JNPT in order to provide last-mile connectivity with the Mumbai water taxi.<\/yoastmark> On a share-a-cab basis, a modest fare of Rs 20 to Rs 30 will be levied each passenger. Tickets for the Navi Mumbai water taxi must be purchase online at watertaximumbai.com. And seats must be reserve one day in advance.<\/yoastmark><\/p>\n

Three routes are available on the Mumbai water taxi service. Which is run by West Coast Marine, including DCT to the Kanhoji Angre Islands. DCT to Rewas Karanja, and DCT to JNPT, Nerul, and Belapur.<\/yoastmark> As a Navi Mumbai water taxi, the company operates three vessels with a capacity of 12 to 20 passengers. Water taxi Mumbai charges will be Rs 800 per passenger for the Mumbai-JNPT rout.\u00a0 It will take up to 20 minutes from DCT.<\/yoastmark> For the Mumbai Belapur route, it will take 35 minutes and cost Rs 1,100 per passenger. The company has also submitted an application for a licence to operate water taxis in Mumbai on the DCT Nerul route.<\/yoastmark> The 30-minute ride will cost Rs 1,000 per customer.<\/p>\n

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Mumbai water taxi: development<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Mumbai Port Trust, CIDCO, and the Maharashtra Maritime Board jointly built terminals and other infrastructure for water taxi Mumbai as part of the development of the internal water transport plan at Bhaucha Dhakka (Thane creek), Nerul (Navi Mumbai), and Mandwa (Alibaug), respectively.<\/yoastmark><\/p>\n

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Water taxi in Navi Mumbai: advantages<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Roads and railway services will see less strain as a result of the opening of the Nerul Passenger Water Terminal. Nearly 300 people can be carry at once by the CIDCO water taxi service in Mumbai.<\/p>\n

According to Sanjay Mukherjee, VP and managing director, CIDCO. “The Nerul Passenger Water Terminal, being develop on Panvel Creek as part of the Eastern Waterfront project. Will reduce the stress on roads and railway services, and people in Navi Mumbai will have an alternative mode of travel to south Mumbai with water taxi Navi Mumbai.”<\/yoastmark><\/p>\n

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Water taxi Mumbai-Navi Mumbai: This has happened before<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Navi Mumbai to Mumbai CIDCO water taxi is not the only instance of water transportation in Mumbai. CIDCO, Mahindra & Mahindra, and IL&FS introduced hovercraft services in 1996 that connected Belapur and Juhu Chowpatty to Mumbai. The second Mumbai water taxi took almost an hour, compared to the first one’s 40 minutes. At the time, the Rs 100 per trip pricing for these water taxis in Mumbai was deem to be excessively high.<\/yoastmark> In 1998, the project was abandon because of losses.<\/p>\n

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Other water taxi initiatives<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) recently received approval from the Bombay High Court to build the proposed passenger jetties at Kelwa and Kharekuran as well as the proposed Ro-Ro jetty at Kharwadashri in the Palghar and Thane districts.<\/yoastmark> Due to the assurance that the project will result in very little mangrove degradation. The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) and State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) both approved of the project.<\/yoastmark>\u00a0 The Bombay High Court has however ordered the MMB to provide an assurance that water taxi Mumbai will fully abide by all terms and conditions stipulated during the course of project construction.<\/yoastmark><\/p>\n

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