Tender: Rail network to improve in suburb Mumbai

Land acquisition has been completed for bullet train

To improve the capacity of rail network in Mumbai suburban area, Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-II costing Rs.8,087 crore, MUTP-III costing Rs.10,947 crore and MUTP-IIIA costing Rs.33,690 crore have been sanctioned, the Ministry of Railways said on 20 Dec http://conexpoconagg.

These projects include following works in Mumbai Suburban Area:

1 – CSMT-Kurla 5th & 6th Line (MUTP-II) (17.5 km), costing Rs.891 crore.

2 – Mumbai Central-Borivali 6th Line (MUTP-II) (30 km), costing Rs.919 crore.

3 – Extension of Harbour Line from Goregaon-Borivali (MUTP-IIIA) (7 km), costing Rs.826 crore.

4 – Borivali-Virar 5th & 6th Line (MUTP-IIIA) (26 km), costing Rs.2,184 crore.

5 – Virar-Dahanu Road 3rd & 4th Line (MUTP-III) (64 km), costing Rs.3,587 crore.

6 – Panvel-Karjat Suburban Corridor (MUTP-III) (29.6 km), costing Rs.2,782 crore.

7 – Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) Suburban Corridor link (MUTP-III) (3.3 km), costing Rs.476 crore.

8 – Kalyan-Asangaon 4thLine (MUTP-IIIA) (32 km), costing Rs.1,759 crore.

9 – Kalyan-Badlapur 3rd& 4th line (MUTP-IIIA) (14 km), costing Rs.1,510 crore.

10 – Kalyan-Kasara 3rd Line (67 km), costing Rs.793 crore.

11 – Naigaon-Juichandra double chord Line (6 km), costing Rs.176 crore.

12 – Nilaje-Kopar double chord Line (5 km), costing Rs.338 crore.

13 – Kalyan Yard remodeling work, costing Rs.866 crore.

To enhance passenger carrying capacity, 238 rakes of 12 cars each with doors have been sanctioned under MUTP-III & IIIA at a cost of Rs.19,293 crore. The process for procurement of these rakes has been taken up, said the Ministry https://www.nseindia.com/.

As on 1 April 2025, 38 projects (11 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversion and 25 Doubling), of a total length of 5,098 km, costing Rs.89,780 crore, falling fully/partly in Maharashtra, are sanctioned.

Further, construction works on the flagship High speed bullet train project have gathered momentum in Maharashtra. Now 100% land acquisition has been completed. Works of bridges, aqueducts etc. have been taken up https://www.bseindia.com/.

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 https://sbi.com.in/.

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 8,603 Km falling fully/ partly in the State of Maharashtra, have been sanctioned.

Railway projects are sanctioned Zonal Railway-wise and not State-wise or Region-wise as Indian Railways’ projects may span across State boundaries http://reliancemumbaimetro.com.

Railway infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra are covered under Central Railway, South Central Railway, South East Central Railway, South Western Railway and Western Railway Zones of Indian Railways. Zonal Railway wise details of Railway projects are made available in public domain on Indian Railway’s website https://mmrcl.com/.

Sanction of any railway project depends upon many parameters/factors, said the Ministry. These 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 operational requirements

Socio-economic considerations

Overall availability of funds

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

Land acquisition

Forest clearance