Lok Sabha Question No. 6032 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-04-01
Subject: Mumbai Urban Transport Project
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Bharti Pardhi, Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar, Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne, Shri Atul Garg, Shri Naresh Ganpat Mhaske

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6032

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2026

## MUMBAI URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT

6032. SHRI NARESH GANPAT MHASKE:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI ATUL GARG:

SHRI RAVINDRA DATTARAM WAIKAR:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE:

SMT. BHARTI PARDHI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  total  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilised  under MUTP (Mumbai Urban Transport Project)-3 and MUTP-3A, year-wise;
- (b) the details of the list of projects completed till date including new lines, additional tracks, signalling works and rolling stock procurement;
- (c) the details of the physical and financial progress of ongoing works such as fifth/sixth lines and station upgrades;
- (d) whether any cost escalation has occurred and if so, the details and the reasons therefor; and
- (e)  the  revised  timelines  for  completion  of  pending  projects  and  their expected impact on commuter capacity?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a)  to  (e)  To  improve  the  connectivity  and  capacity  of  rail  network  in Mumbai suburban area, Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-I costing ₹4,502  crore,  MUTP-II  costing  ₹8,087  crore,  MUTP-III  costing  ₹10,947 crore  and  MUTP-IIIA  costing  ₹33,690  crore  have  been  sanctioned.  The progress of works is as below:

|   SN | Name of the project                                          | Status of work                                                                                                                |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Belapur-Seawood-Uran Double Line (27 km)                     | Completed                                                                                                                     |
|    2 | Quadrupling of Borivali-Virar (26 km)                        | Completed                                                                                                                     |
|    3 | 5th & 6th line Kurla-Thane (17.63 km)                        | Completed                                                                                                                     |
|    4 | 5th line Mahim-Santacruz (4.68 km)                           | Completed                                                                                                                     |
|    5 | Extension of Harbour line between Andheri-Goregaon (5.22 km) | Completed                                                                                                                     |
|    6 | 5th & 6th line between Thane-Diva (9.44 km)                  | Completed                                                                                                                     |
|    7 | CSMT-Kurla 5th & 6th line (17.5 km)                          | Phase-I (Kurla - Parel, 10.1 km): Work in progress. Phase-II (Parel - CSMT, 7.4 km): Land acquisition has been taken up.      |
|    8 | Mumbai Central-Borivali 6th line (30 km)                     | Phase-I (Borivali - Khar Road): commissioned 17 km Phase-II (Khar Road - Mumbai Central): Land acquisition has been taken up. |
|    9 | Virar-Dahanu Road 3rd & 4th line (64 km)                     | Work in progress                                                                                                              |
|   10 | Panvel-Karjat Suburban Corridor (29.6 km)                    | Work in progress                                                                                                              |
|   11 | Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) Suburban                             | Phase-I (Halt station at                                                                                                      |

|    | Corridor link (3.3 km)                                  | Digha): Commissioned. Phase-II (Airoli-Kalwa elevated track, 3.3 km): Land acquisition and R&R has been taken up.   |
|----|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 12 | Trespass control (34 locations)                         | Completed                                                                                                           |
| 13 | Extension of Harbour line from Goregaon-Borivali (7 km) | Land acquisition has been taken up.                                                                                 |
| 14 | Borivali-Virar 5th& 6th line (26 km)                    | Work in progress                                                                                                    |
| 15 | Kalyan-Asangaon 4th line (32 km)                        | Work in progress                                                                                                    |
| 16 | Kalyan-Badlapur 3rd & 4th line (14 km)                  | Work in progress                                                                                                    |
| 17 | Kalyan yard remodelling work                            | Work in progress                                                                                                    |
| 18 | 3rd and 4th line Badlapur - Karjat (32.46 km)           | Work sanctioned recently                                                                                            |
| 19 | 4th line Asangaon - Kasara (34.97 km)                   | Work sanctioned recently                                                                                            |

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.

The  details  of  funds  allocated  to  Mumbai  Urban  Transport  Projects  in recent years are as follows:

| Financial Year   | Budget Grant (₹ in crore)   |
|------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2022-23          | 1,073                       |
| 2023-24          | 1,102                       |
| 2024-25          | 1,160                       |
| 2025-26          | 1,777                       |

## 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)     |

Projects 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, including remote and tribal areas, 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/ Multitracking |                           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               |

## 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 | Wardha-Nagpur 3rd Line (76 Km)                                    | 698                 |
|       9 | Wardha-Ballarshah 3rd Line (132 Km)                               | 1,385               |
|      10 | Itarsi-Nagpur 3rd Line (280 Km)                                   | 2,450               |
|      11 | Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd Line (228 Km)                              | 3,545               |
|      12 | Wardha-Nagpur 4th Line (79 Km)                                    | 1,137               |
|      13 | Jalgaon-Manmad 4th Line (160 Km)                                  | 2,574               |
|      14 | Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km)                          | 3,285               |
|      15 | Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad New Line (95 Km)                       | 2,933               |
|      16 | Panvel-Chowk Double Line (17 Km)                                  | 491                 |
|      17 | Wardha-Balharshah 4th Line (135 Km)                               | 2,226               |
|      18 | Itarsi-Nagpur 4th Line (297 Km)                                   | 5,010               |
|      19 | Wardha-Bhusawal 3rd & 4th Line (314 Km)                           | 9,197               |
|      20 | Gondia-Dongargarh 4th Line (84 Km)                                | 2,223               |

|   21 | Gondia-Balharshah Doubling (240 Km)         |   4,819 |
|------|---------------------------------------------|---------|
|   22 | Kalyan-Kasara 3rd line ( 67 km)             |     793 |
|   23 | Naigaon-Juichandra double chord line (6 km) |     176 |
|   24 | Nilaje-Kopar double chord line ( 5 km)      |     338 |

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 has been taken up.

Capacity Augmentation works for Pune area:

Presently,  about  33  originating  Mail/Express  trains  are  handled  daily  in Pune area.

To  increase  train  handling  capacity  at  various  stations  in  Pune  area, following works have been completed/taken up/planned at various stations:

|   SN | Location      | Details                                                                                |
|------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Pune Junction | 6 additional Platforms and Extension of 5 Platforms.                                   |
|    2 | Hadapsar      | Extension of 3 Platforms to handle full length trains.                                 |
|    3 | Khadki        | Raising and Extension of PF-3/4 and extension of running lines completed in July'2025. |
|    4 | Alandi        | New Coaching Terminal with 9 additional Platforms, 8 pit lines and 8 stabling lines.   |
|    5 | Phursungi     | 5 Stabling Lines at Phursungi.                                                         |

In  addition  to  above,  following  capacity  additional  works  have  been undertaken in Pune area to increase the train handling capacity:

|   SN | Name of Project                                               |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 3 rd Line between Hadapsar and Ghorpuri Yard                  |
|    2 | New Block station at Manjari Bhadrukin Pune-Daund Section and |
|    3 | Bidirectional Signalling in Pune Sasvad Road Section          |

## Bullet Train project:

Presently,  the  Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed  Rail (MAHSR) Project (508 km)  is  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:

| Item      | Progress   |
|-----------|------------|
| Piers     | 430 kms.   |
| Girder    | 341 kms.   |
| Track Bed | 174 kms.   |
| OHE Masts | 153 kms.   |

## The progress of stations is given below:-

|   S.No. | Station      | Status                                                                                                |
|---------|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Sabarmati    | Foundation works completed, platform slab & roof structural works and finishing works are in progress |
|       2 | Ahmedabad    | Structural works completed and finishing works                                                        |
|       3 | Anand/Nadiad | have been taken up.                                                                                   |

|   4 | Vadodara     | Foundation work completed, structural works and finishing works have been taken up.                |
|-----|--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   5 | Bharuch      |                                                                                                    |
|   6 | Surat        | Structural works completed and finishing works                                                     |
|   7 | Bilimora     | have been taken up.                                                                                |
|   8 | Vapi         |                                                                                                    |
|   9 | Boisar       | Foundation works have been taken up and in                                                         |
|  10 | Virar        | advanced stage. Structural works have been taken                                                   |
|  11 | Thane        | up.                                                                                                |
|  12 | BKC (Mumbai) | This is an underground station. Foundation works almost completed and Base Slab has been taken up. |

## The progress on the River Bridges is as under:-

|   S. No. | River Name                  | Status                                                               |
|----------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Sabarmati River (480m)      | Sub-Structure work completed, Superstructure work has been taken up. |
|        2 | Meshwa River (120m)         | Bridge construction completed.                                       |
|        3 | Vatrak River (280m)         | Bridge construction completed.                                       |
|        4 | Mohar (Shedhi) River (160m) | Bridge construction completed.                                       |
|        5 | Mahi River (720m)           | 11 out of 12 wells completed; 5 spans launched                       |
|        6 | Vishwamitri River (80m)     | Bridge construction completed.                                       |

| 7                     | Dhadhar (120m)      | River                                                           |       |
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
| 8 Narmada (1366m)     | River               | 21 out of 25 wells completed; 4 launched                        | spans |
| Kim River (120m)      | Kim River (120m)    |                                                                 |       |
| Tapi River (720m)     | Tapi River (720m)   | Foundation work has been taken up, 10 out of 12 wells completed | 10    |
| 11 Mindhola (240m)    | River               | Bridge construction completed.                                  | 15    |
| 12 Purna (360m)       | River               | Bridge construction completed.                                  | 15    |
| 13 Ambika (200m)      | River               | Bridge construction completed.                                  | 15    |
| 14 Venganiya (200m)   | River               | Bridge construction completed.                                  | 15    |
| Kaveri (120m)         | River               | Bridge construction completed.                                  | 15    |
| 16 Kharera (120m)     | River               | Bridge construction completed.                                  | 15    |
| 17 Auranga (320m)     | River               | Bridge construction completed.                                  | 15    |
| 18 Par River (320m)   | 18 Par River (320m) | Bridge construction completed.                                  | 15    |
| Kolak River (160m)    | Kolak River (160m)  | Bridge construction completed.                                  | 15    |
| 20 Daman River (360m) | Ganga               | Bridge construction completed.                                  | 15    |
| 21 Darotha (80m)      | River               | Bridge construction completed.                                  | 15    |
| 22 Jagani (360m)      | River               | Foundation works have been completed                            | 15    |

|   23 | Vaitarna River (2320m)          | 12 Pile Cap and 11 Pier (out of 58) completed.                                          |
|------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   24 | Ulhas River Branch (120m)       | Temporary Access Bridge (TAB) completed to start the foundation work.                   |
|   25 | Desai Khadi River Bridge (400m) | Geo-technical Investigation (GTI) has been completed and Design work has been taken up. |

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.

Further, to strengthen national transport infrastructure, provide a fillip to regional connectivity, economic growth, tourism, investment and employment  generation,  and  encourage  modal  shift  from  road  and  air transport  to  rail,  the  Government  has  announced  the  development  of  the following seven new High-Speed Rail (HSR) corridors in the Union Budget 2026-27:-

- (i) Mumbai-Pune
- (ii) Pune-Hyderabad
- (iii) Hyderabad-Bengaluru
- (iv) Hyderabad-Chennai
- (v) Chennai-Bengaluru
- (vi) Delhi-Varanasi
- (vii) Varanasi-Siliguri

Being highly capital intensive, the decision to sanction any HSR Corridor/Project depends on many factors such as outcome of DPR, techno-

economic feasibility studies and availability of resources such as financing options etc.

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.

Station Development in Maharashtra

## Amrit Bharat Stations:

Ministry  of  Railways  has  launched  Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme  for redevelopment of stations with a long-term approach. The scheme involves preparation of master plans and their implementation in phases to improve the stations. The master planning includes:

-  Improvement of access to station and circulating areas
-  Integration of station with both sides of city
-  Improvement of station building
-  Improvement  of  waiting  halls,  toilets,  sitting  arrangement,  water booths
-  Provision of wider foot over bridge/air concourse commensurate with passenger traffic
-  Provision of lift/escalators/ramp
-  Improvement /Provision of platform surface and cover over platforms

-  Provision  of  kiosks  for  local  products  through  schemes  like  'One Station One Product'
-  Parking areas, Multimodal integration
-  Amenities for Divyangjans
-  Better passenger information systems
-  Provision of executive lounges,  nominated spaces  for business meetings,  landscaping,  etc.  keeping  in  view  the  necessity  at  each station

The scheme also envisages sustainable and environment friendly solutions, provision of ballastless tracks etc. as per necessity, phasing and feasibility and creation of city centre at the station in the long term.

So  far,  1,338  stations  have  been  identified  for  development  under  this scheme, out of which 132 stations are located in Maharashtra. The names of stations identified for development under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Maharashtra are as following:

| State       |   No. of Stations | Name of 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, |

| State   | No. of Stations   | Name of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                   | 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 |

## Completed stations:

Development  works  at  railway  stations  under  Amrit  Bharat  Station Scheme in Maharashtra have been taken up at a good pace. Till now, works  of  19  stations  have  been  completed.  The  names  of  stations completed in Maharashtra are as following:

| State       |   No. of stations | Name of stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|-------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Maharashtra |                19 | Amgaon, Baramati, Byculla, Chanda Fort, Chinchpokli, Devlali, Dhule, Himayatnagar, Kedgaon, Lasalgaon, Lonand Jn., Matunga, Murtizapur Jn., Nandura, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction, Parel, Savda, Shahad, Vadala Road |

The activities for development at other stations have also been taken up at good pace and progress of some of the stations is as given below:

- Diva station: The works of improvement of station building, circulating area and parking on East side, new entry gate, platform raising and flooring of platform no. 5/6 and 7/8, platform shelter at platform no. 7/8, new  toilet  block,  sewage  treatment  plant  on  West  side,  improvement  of Foot Over Bridge at Kalyan end and Mumbai end have been completed. The work of new 6 m Foot Over Bridge has been taken up.
- Mumbra  station:  The  works  for  improvement  of  platform  surface, seating  arrangement,  new  toilet  block,  improvement  of  booking  office, circulating area, sewage treatment plant and flooring of Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The work of escalator has been taken up.

- Palghar station: The works of new platform shelter at platform no. 2/3, platform surfacing, new coping blocks and tactile tile work at platform no. 4  have  been completed. The works of utility shifting and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.
- Titwala station: The  works  for station building,  entrance gate, platform  surfacing,  improvement  of  ticket  booking  office,  toilet  block, sewage  treatment  plant  and  improvement  of  two  wheeler  parking  and approach road on East and West side have been completed. The work of new 6 m Foot Over Bridge has been taken up.
- Vikhroli  station:  The  works  for  improvement  of  station  building  on West side, platform surfacing, platform shelter, new toilet block at Mumbai end, improvement of toilet block at Kalyan end and Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The works of new booking office, circulating area on East and West side and parking of East side have been taken up.

Further,  development  /  redevelopment  /  upgradation  /  modernisation  of stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and ongoing process and works in  this  regard  are  undertaken  as  per  requirement,  subject  to  inter-se priority and availability of funds. Development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation of a station is carried out based on category of station/condition/traffic handled etc.

Development  /  Upgradation  of  railway  stations  is  complex  in  nature involving  safety  of  passengers  &  trains  and  requires  various  statutory clearances such as fire clearance, heritage, tree cutting, airport clearance etc. The progress also gets affected due to brownfield related challenges such  as  shifting  of  utilities  (involving  water/sewage  lines,  optical  fibre

cables, gas pipe lines, power/signal cables, etc.), infringements, operation of trains without hindering passenger movement, speed restrictions due to works carried out in close proximity of tracks and high voltage power lines, etc. and these factors affect the completion time.

Development  /  Upgradation  /  Modernization  of  stations  including  Amrit Bharat Station Scheme is generally funded under Plan Head-53 'Customer Amenities'. The details of allocation  and expenditure under Plan  Head-53 are  maintained  Zonal  Railway-wise  and  not  work-wise  or  station-wise  or state-wise.  Maharashtra  is  covered  under  the  jurisdiction  of  four  railway zones, namely, Central Railway, South Central Railway, South East Central Railway  and  Western  Railway.  For  these  zones,  an  allocation  of  ₹  3,834 crore (Revised Estimate) has been made for the financial year 2025-26, out of which an expenditure of ₹ 3,886 crore (up to February, 2026) has been incurred so far.

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

-  Land acquisition by State Government
-  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.

All these factors affect the completion time of the project/s.

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