India’s Union Cabinet approved the Mumbai Urban Transport Project Phase-III. The estimated cost of project is Rs.8679 crore (USD 1.3 billion) with completion cost of Rs.10947 crore (USD 1.67 billion). The project is expected to be completed in the next five years during 13th Five Year Plan period.
Within the plan, there will be constructed an additional double-track line between Virar-Dahanu Road, as part of the Western Railway suburban network. The lines are part of main line Mumbai –Ahmedabad / Delhi route. A new project involves the doubling of Panvel-Karjat line providing alternate route from Karjat to CSTM via Panvel which will be shorter by 23 km than the existing route via Kalyan and will reduce travel time between CSTM to Karjat by 35 to 40 minutes by slow trains. The areas covered by this project are Thane, Palghar, Raigad and Mumbai districts of Maharashtra.
The Mumbai suburban railway network on Central and Western Railways is 376 km in length. There are five corridors, two on Western Railway, two on Central Railway and one on Harbour Line of Central Railway. Everyday approximately 8 million people travel in suburban section in more than 2900 train services.
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