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Railway Infrastructure Boost for Mumbai: ₹52,724 Crore sanctioned under MUTP-II, III & IIIA


132 Amrit Bharat stations sanctioned in Maharashtra, Phase–I works of 15 stations complete in the state: Union Railways Minister

Posted On: 25 JUL 2025 6:09PM by PIB Mumbai

: Mumbai, July 25, 2025

 

In order to improve the connectivity in Mumbai suburban area and to meet the future demands of passengers, Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-II costing ₹8,087 crore, MUTP-III costing ₹10,947 crore and MUTP-IIIA costing ₹33,690 crore have been sanctioned. These projects

SN

Name of project

Cost

(₹ in crore)

1

6th Line Mumbai Central-Borivali (30 km) 

919

2

Extension of Harbour Line Goregaon-Borivali (7 km)

826

3

Virar-Dahanu Road 3rd & 4th Line (64 km)

3587

4

5th & 6th Line CSTM-Kurla (17.5 km)

891

5

Panvel-Karjat Suburban Corridor (29.6 km)

2782

6

Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) Suburban Corridor link (3.3 km)

476

7

5th & 6th line Borivali-Virar (26 km)

2184

8

4th line between Kalyan-Asangaon (32 km)

1759

9

3rd & 4th line between Kalyan-Badlapur (14.05 km)

1510

10

Kalyan Yard-Segregation of Main Line & Suburban

866

11

Vasai bye pass line (Double line) between Naigaon and Juchandra (5.73 Km)

176

12

Trespass Control (34 locations)

551

include following works in Mumbai Suburban Area:

 

MUTP-III includes various works such as Panvel-Karjat, Quadrupling of Virar-Dahanu, Elevated Corridor Airoli-Kalwa, Trespass Control and Procurement of rolling stocks. The works of Virar-Dahanu Road, Panvel-Karjat, Airoli-Kalwa, 5th and 6th line Borivali-Virar, 3rd and 4th line Kalyan-Badlapur and Procurement of Rolling Stock are being executed by Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Ltd (MRVC Ltd), a PSU of Govt. of India under Ministry of Railways (MoR) and Government of Maharashtra (GoM) to implement the Urban Rail Transport Project on 50:50 cost sharing basis.

 

On Churchgate–Virar section, work has been sanctioned and taken up for multi tracking so as to have 4 lines between Churchgate to Mumbai Central, 8 lines between Mumbai Central to Borivali and 6 lines between Borivali to Virar. Similarly, on CSMT-Panvel section, work of 5th and 6th line has been sanctioned between CSMT-Kurla and work has been taken up between Kurla-Parel section. Besides this, two additional lines also exist on CSMT-Kurla-Vasai-Panvel.

 

To enhance sub-urban rail capacity, a total of 238 rakes of 12 car have been sanctioned under MUTP-III & IIIA at a cost of ₹19,293 crore. Whenever metro authorities (MMRDA) approaches railway for integration, Railway proactively support the work. Presently, Andheri East and Ghatkopar Railway stations are integrated with metro stations.

 

The Ministry of Railways has launched Amrit Bharat Station Scheme for development of Railway Stations covering 1337 Railway stations on Indian Railways including 132 stations in Maharashtra. Till now, phase–I works of 15 stations in the state of Maharashtra have been completed under this scheme including Phase-I works of 05 stations (Parel, Chinchpokli, Vadala Road, Matunga, Shahad) in Mumbai sub-urban area. List of stations identified under this scheme in the state of Maharashtra is as under:

 

State

No. of Amrit Stations

Names of Amrit Stations

Maharashtra

132

Ahmednagar, Ajni (Nagpur), Akalkot Road, Akola, Akurdi, Amalner, Amgaon, Amravati, Andheri, Badnera, Balharshah, Bandra Terminus, Baramati, Belapur, Bhandara Road, Bhokar, Bhusawal, Borivali, Byculla, Chalisgaon, Chanda Fort, Chandrapur, Charni Road, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Chinchpokli, Chinchwad, Dadar (CR), Dadar (WR), Dahisar, Daund, Dehu Road, Devlali, Dhamangaon, Dharangaon, Dharashiv, Dharmabad , Dhule, Diva, Dudhani, Gangakher , Godhani, Gondia, Grant Road, Hadapsar, Hatkanangale, Hazur Sahib Nanded, Himayatnagar , Hinganghat, Hingoli Deccan, Igatpuri, Jalgaon, Jalna, Jeur, Jogeshwari, Kalyan Jn, Kamptee, Kandivali, Kanjur Marg, Karad, Katol, Kedgaon, Kinwat , Kopargaon, Kurduwadi Jn, Kurla Jn, Lasalgaon, Latur, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Lonand Jn, Lonavla, Lower Parel, Malad, Malkapur, Manmad Jn, Manwath Road , Marine Lines, Matunga, Miraj Jn, Mudkhed Jn, Mumbai Central, Mumbra, Murtizapur Jn, Nagarsol , Nagpur Jn, Nandgaon, Nandura, Nandurbar, Narkher Jn, Nashik Road, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction, Pachora Jn, Palghar, Pandharpur, Panvel Jn, Parbhani Jn, Parel, Parli Vaijnath, Partur , Phaltan, Prabhadevi, Pulgaon Jn, Pune Jn, Purna Jn, Raver, Rotegaon , Sainagar Shirdi, Sandhurst Road, Sangli, Satara, Savda, Selu , Sewagram, Shahad, Shegaon, Shivaji Nagar Pune, Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus Kolhapur, Solapur, Talegaon, Thakurli, Thane, Titvala, Tumsar Road, Umri, Uruli, Vadala Road, Vidyavihar, Vikhroli, Wadsa, Wardha, Washim, Wathar.

 

 

Further, as on 01.04.2025, 38 Railway projects of total length of 5,098 Km, costing ₹89,780 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra are at various stages of planning and implementation, out of which 2,360 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹39,407 crore has been incurred upto March, 2025.

 

The status of work is summarized as under:

Category

No. of projects

Total length

(in Km)

Length Commissioned (in Km)

Expenditure upto March, 2025 (₹ in Cr.)

New Lines

11

1,355

234

10,504

Gauge Conversion

 2

  609

334

  4,286

Doubling/Multitracking

         25

      3,134

          1,792

24,617

Total

         38

      5,098

          2,360

           39,407

 

 

Commissioning of sections (New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling) falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra during 2009-14 and 2014-2025 is as under:-

Period

New track commissioned

Average commissioning of new track

2009-14

292 Km

58.4 Km/year

2014-25

2,292 Km (8 times)

208.36 Km/year (more than 3.5 times)

 

              Average Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and other works, falling fully/partly in Maharashtra is as under-

Period

Outlay

2009-14

₹ 1,171 crore/year

2025-26

₹ 23,778 crore (more than 20 times)

 

Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors like land acquisition by State Government, forest clearance by officials of forest department, shifting of infringing utilities, statutory clearances from various authorities, geological and topographical conditions of area, law and order situation in the area of project/s site, number of working months in a year for particular project site due to climatic conditions etc. All these factors affect the completion time of the project/s.

 

This information was given by the Union Minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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