The fact that the project was delayed by two years and costs escalated manifold was all forgotten when hundreds of people queued up to become a part of the country’s history. On Sunday, when the monorail India’s first was thrown open to the public, excited passengers thronged to take their first ride on the much awaited transport network. And the monorail bug had bitten even outstation citizens young and old.

Mother and daughter enjoy their time aboard the country’s first-ever monorail after boarding it from Wadala. Pic/Bipin Kokate