India, May 25 -- After remaining shut for more than eight months following a series of technical glitches that repeatedly endangered commuters, the Mumbai Monorail is finally inching towards a comeback, with the last round of safety inspections and trial runs scheduled to begin this week.

Suspended since September 20, 2025, the city's only monorail system, already struggling with mounting losses, power failures, derailments and chronic technical breakdowns, is now expected to resume operations sometime in June, officials said.

Sources within the Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Limited (MMMOCL), an arm of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), said the long-pending final safety trials will commence this wee...