Lok Sabha Question No. 262 (STARRED), answered on 2026-03-11
Subject: Kalyan-Murbad New Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Balya Mama Suresh Gopinath Mhatre

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 262 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2026

## KALYAN-MURBAD NEW RAILWAY LINE

## †*262. SHRI BALYA MAMA SURESH GOPINATH MHATRE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  28  Kilometer  long  Kalyan-Murbad  new railway line project via Ambivali was sanctioned by the Railway Board during  the  year  2022-23  but  only  five  per  cent  of  the  work  has  been completed so far and the construction is progressing at an extremely
- slow pace and if so, the major reasons for the delay;
- (b) whether it is a fact that the land acquisition process for the project is yet to be completed due to a significant escalation in land costs and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government has taken up the matter with the Government of Maharashtra to ensure completion of this critical project in scheduled timeframe and if so, the details thereof including implementation roadmap for execution of the said project?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND

ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO.262 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2026 IN LOK SABHA

(a) to (c): Kalyan - Murbad (28 Km.) new line project has been sanctioned in at  a  cost  of  ₹836  crore  on  50:50  cost  sharing  basis  with  Government  of Maharashtra.  It  has  been  declared  as  Special  Railway  Project  for  Land acquisition. The project requires 214 Ha. land. Land acquisition proposals have  been  submitted  to  state  government  and  it  is  in  various  stages  of acquisition.

Increasing train handling capacity in Mumbai area:

Presently,  about  120  originating  Mail/Express  trains  and  about  3200  sub urban trains are handled daily in Mumbai area. To increase train handling capacity  at  various  stations  in  Mumbai  area,  following  works  have  been completed/taken up/planned at various stations:

|   SN | Location         | Details                                       |
|------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Bandra Terminus  | 3 Pit Lines have been completed               |
|    2 | Mumbai Central   | Platform extension for 24 LHB coaches         |
|    3 | Jogeshwari       | 2 additional platforms                        |
|    4 | Dadar            | 1 additional platform                         |
|    5 | Vasai road       | 6 platforms, 3 pit lines and 5 stabling lines |
|    6 | Panvel-Kalamboli | 5 platforms , 4 pit lines and 2 sick lines    |
|    7 | Kalyan           | 6 platforms and 4 pit lines                   |
|    8 | LTT              | 4 platforms and 2 pit lines                   |
|    9 | Parel            | 6 platforms, 5 pit lines, 6 stabling lines    |
|   10 | Virar            | 25 stabling lines                             |
|   11 | Dahanu road      | 11 stabling lines                             |
|   12 | Mira road        | 25 stabling lines                             |

## Platform length extension:

In addition to above, Platform extension work at 34 stations to accommodate 15 car EMUs have been taken up.

New projects for increasing capacity:

To improve the capacity of rail network in Mumbai suburban area, 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 include following works in Mumbai Suburban Area:

|   SN | Name of Project                                                     | Cost (in Cr.)   |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|    1 | CSMT-Kurla 5 th & 6 th Line (MUTP-II) (17.5 km)                     | 891             |
|    2 | Mumbai Central-Borivali 6 th Line (MUTP-II) (30 km)                 | 919             |
|    3 | Extension of Harbour Line from Goregaon-Borivali (MUTP-IIIA) (7 km) | 826             |
|    4 | Borivali-Virar 5 th & 6 th Line (MUTP-IIIA) (26 km)                 | 2,184           |
|    5 | Virar-Dahanu Road 3 rd & 4 th Line (MUTP-III) (64 km)               | 3,587           |
|    6 | Panvel-Karjat Suburban Corridor (MUTP-III) (29.6 km)                | 2,782           |
|    7 | Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) Suburban Corridor link (MUTP-III) (3.3 km)  | 476             |
|    8 | Kalyan-Asangaon 4 th Line (MUTP-IIIA) (32 km)                       | 1,759           |
|    9 | Kalyan-Badlapur 3 rd & 4 th line (MUTP-IIIA) (14 km)                | 1,510           |
|   10 | Kalyan-Kasara 3 rd Line (67 km)                                     | 793             |
|   11 | Naigaon-Juichandra double chord Line (6 km)                         | 176             |
|   12 | Nilaje-Kopar double chord Line (5 km)                               | 338             |
|   13 | Kalyan Yard remodeling work                                         | 866             |

Contd….3/-

## New generation trains:

To enhance passenger carrying capacity, 238 rakes of 12 cars each with doors  have  been  sanctioned  under  MUTP-III  &  IIIA  at  a  cost  of  ₹19,293 crore. The process for procurement of these rakes has been taken up.

## Maharashtra Railway Budget:

Budget  allocation  during  the  last  five  years  has  increased  significantly. Budget  allocation  for  infrastructure  projects  and  safety  works,  falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                             |
|----------|------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,171 crore/year                  |
| 2025-26  | ₹23,778 crore (More than 20 times) |

## Track construction:

The  details  of  constructing  new  track  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Maharashtra during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under:

| Period   | New track Commissioned   | Average commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 292 Km                   | 58.4 Km/year                          |
| 2014-25  | 2,292 Km                 | 208.4 Km/year (More than 3 times)     |

## Project sanctioned:

As on 01.04.2025, 38 projects (11 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversion and 25 Doubling),  of  a  total  length  of  5,098  km,  costing  ₹89,780  crore,  falling fully/partly in Maharashtra, are sanctioned. The summary is as under:-

| Category         |   No. of sanctioned Projects | Total Length (in Km)   | Length Commissioned Upto Mar'25 (Km)   | Exp. upto Mar'25 (₹ in Cr.)   |
|------------------|------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| New Line         |                           11 | 1,355                  | 234                                    | 10,504                        |
| Gauge Conversion |                           02 | 609                    | 334                                    | 4,286                         |
| Doubling/        |                           25 | 3,134                  | 1,792                                  | 24,617                        |
| Total            |                           38 | 5,098                  | 2,360                                  | 39,407                        |

Recently completed projects:

## Details  of  some  of  the  recently  completed  projects  falling  fully/partly  in Maharashtra are as under:

|   S.No. | Project                                     | Cost (₹ in crore)   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Pune-Miraj-Londa Doubling (467 Km)          | 4,670               |
|       2 | Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km)   | 2,005               |
|       3 | Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km) | 1,512               |
|       4 | Panvel-Pen Doubling (35 Km)                 | 263                 |
|       5 | Pen-Roha Doubling (40 Km)                   | 330                 |
|       6 | Udhna-Jalgaon Doubling (307 Km)             | 2,448               |
|       7 | Mudkhed-Parbhani Doubling (81 Km)           | 673                 |
|       8 | Bhusawal-Jalgaon 3rd Line (24 Km)           | 325                 |
|       9 | Jalgaon-Bhusawal 4th Line (24 Km)           | 261                 |
|      10 | Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (225 Km)            | 3,182               |

Contd….5/-

## Ongoing projects:

To further improve the Railway Infrastructure in the state of Maharashtra, following works have been taken up:-

|   S.No. | Name of the project                                            | Cost (₹ In crore)   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar)-Beed-Parli Vaijnath New Line (261 Km) | 4,957               |
|       2 | Baramati-Lonand New Line (64 Km)                               | 1,844               |
|       3 | Wardha-Nanded New Line (284 Km)                                | 3,445               |
|       4 | Indore-Manmad New Line (360 Km)                                | 18,529              |
|       5 | Wadsa-Gadchiroli New Line (52 Km)                              | 1,886               |
|       6 | Jalna-Jalgaon New Line (174 Km)                                | 5,804               |
|       7 | Daund-Manmad Doubling (236 Km)                                 | 3,037               |
|       8 | Kalyan-Kasara 3rd Line (68 Km)                                 | 1,433               |
|       9 | Wardha-Nagpur 3rd Line (76 Km)                                 | 698                 |
|      10 | Wardha-Ballarshah 3rd Line (132 Km)                            | 1,385               |
|      11 | Itarsi-Nagpur 3rd Line (280 Km)                                | 2,450               |
|      12 | Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd Line (228 Km)                           | 3,545               |
|      13 | Wardha-Nagpur 4th Line (79 Km)                                 | 1,137               |
|      14 | Jalgaon-Manmad 4th Line (160 Km)                               | 2,574               |
|      15 | Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km)                       | 3,285               |
|      16 | Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad New Line (95 Km)                    | 2,933               |
|      17 | Panvel-Chowk Double Line (17 Km)                               | 491                 |
|      18 | Wardha-Balharshah 4th Line (135 Km)                            | 2,226               |
|      19 | Itarsi-Nagpur 4th Line (297 Km)                                | 5,010               |

|   20 | Wardha-Bhusawal 3rd & 4th Line (314 Km)   | 9,197   |
|------|-------------------------------------------|---------|
|   21 | Asangaon-Kasara 4th Line (35 Km)          | 794     |
|   22 | Badlapur-Karjat 3rd & 4th Line (32 Km)    | 1,324   |
|   23 | Gondia-Dongargarh 4th Line (84 Km)        | 2,223   |
|   24 | Gondia-Balharshah Doubling (240 Km)       | 4,819   |

## Bullet Train project:

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project (508 km) is the only  HSR  Project  under  execution.  The  Project  is  passing  through  the States of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli with 12 stations planned at Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Billimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati.

Entire land (1389.5 Ha.) for MAHSR project has been acquired. All Statutory Clearances have been obtained.  All 1651 utilities have been shifted. The delay  in  land  acquisition  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra  has  impacted  the project till 2021. The land acquisition picked up in 2022 in Maharashtra.

## The progress of various major items so far is as under:

## Gujarat (352 KM):

| Item                   | Progress   |
|------------------------|------------|
| Foundation             | 352 kms.   |
| Piers                  | 352 kms.   |
| Girder Casting         | 342 kms.   |
| Girder Launching       | 331 kms.   |
| Track Bed Construction | 152 kms.   |
| OHE Masts Erection     | 121 kms.   |

## Maharashtra (156KM):

| Item             | Progress   |
|------------------|------------|
| Foundation       | 84 kms.    |
| Piers            | 75 kms.    |
| Girder Casting   | 12 kms.    |
| Girder Launching | 5 kms.     |

Out of total 12 stations, foundation works has been completed at 8 stations (Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Anand, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, and Sabarmati).  In  Maharashtra  section,  foundation  work  is  in  progress  at  3 stations (Thane, Virar, Boisar) and excavation work at BKC station is near completion and Casting of base slab started.

17 river bridges have been completed. Work is in advance stage for 4 major river bridges (Narmada, Mahi, Tapti and Sabarmati) in Gujarat & in progress in  4  river  bridges  in  Maharashtra.  Work  on  Depots  (Thane,  Surat  and Sabarmati) is in full swing.

Civil works at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) are progressing satisfactorily. Excavation  works  have  achieved  about  91%  progress,  and  concreting works are at various stages, with 100% completion of the basement slab at Level-4.  The  work  of  the  under-sea  tunnel  (approximately  21  km)  has commenced, out of which 4.8 km of tunnel between Ghansoli and Shilphata in Maharashtra has been completed.

To ensure seamless passenger connectivity, the Government has planned multi-modal  integration  of  Bullet  Train  stations  with  the  existing  Mumbai suburban railway network and upcoming metro lines. The integration

includes  passenger  connectivity  with  Metro  Line-2B  and  Metro  Line-3 through convenient pedestrian access at BKC station.

Bullet  train  project  is  a  very  complex  and  technology  intensive  Project. Exact  timelines  for  the  completion  of  the  project  can  be  reasonably ascertained after the completion of all associated works of Civil Structures, Track, Electrical, Signaling& Telecommunication and supply of Trainsets.

## Dedicated freight corridor:

Western  DFC  also  passes  through  Maharashtra.  About  178  route  Km  of western DFC is situated in Maharashtra which is about 12% of overall route length  of  western  DFC.  76  Km  of  this  project  from  New  Gholvad  to  New Vaitarna  in  Maharashtra  has  already  been  commissioned.  Balance  works have been taken up. Connectivity of WDFC to JNPT will boost the capacity to handle cargo and container traffic from port to Delhi NCR.

Further, during  the last three years i.e. 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the current financial year 2025-26, 98 surveys (29 New Line, 2 Gauge Conversion and 67 Doubling) of total length 8,615 Km falling fully/ partly in the State of Maharashtra, have been sanctioned.

Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:

- 
- Land acquisition
-  Forest clearance
-  Shifting of infringing utilities
-  Statutory clearances from various authorities

-  Geological and topographical conditions of area
-  Law and order situation in the area of project site
-  Number of working months in a year for particular project site etc.

Sanction  of  any  railway  project  depends  upon  many  parameters/factors which include the following:

-  Anticipated traffic projections and Remunerativeness of the proposed route
-  First and last mile connectivity provided by the project
-  Connection of missing links and providing additional route
-  Augmentation of congested/saturated lines
-  Demands raised by State Governments/Central Ministries/Public representatives,
-  Railway's own operational requirements
-  Socio-economic considerations
-  Overall availability of funds

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