India, Dec. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Period
Outlay
2009-14
Rs.1,171 crore/year
2025-26
Rs.23,778 crore (More than 20 times)
Period
New track Commissioned
Average commissioning of new tracks
2009-14
292 Km
58.4 Km/year
2014-25
2,292 Km
208.36 Km/year (More than 3 times)
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
SN
Name of Project
Cost
1
CSMT-Kurla 5th & 6th Line (MUTP-II) (17.5 km)
891
2
Mumbai Central-Borivali 6th Line (MUTP-II) (30 km)
919
3
Extension of Harbour Line from Goregaon-Borivali (MUTP-IIIA) (7 km)
826
4
Borivali-Virar 5th & 6th Line (MUTP-IIIA) (26 km)
2,184
5
Virar-Dahanu Road 3rd & 4th 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 4thLine (MUTP-IIIA) (32 km)
1,759
9
Kalyan-Badlapur 3rd& 4th line (MUTP-IIIA) (14 km)
1,510
10
Kalyan-Kasara 3rd 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
Category
No. of sanctioned Projects
Total
Length
Exp.
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
S.No.
Project
Cost
1
Pune-Miraj-Londa Doubling (467 Km)
4,670
2
Manmad-Jalgaon 3rd line (160 Km)
2,574
3
Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km)
2,005
4
Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km)
1,512
5
Panvel-Pen Doubling (35 Km)
263
6
Pen-Roha Doubling (40 Km)
330
7
Udhna-Jalgaon Doubling (307 Km)
2,448
8
Mudkhed-Parbhani Doubling (81 Km)
673
9
Bhusawal-Jalgaon 3rd line (24 Km)
325
10
Jalgaon-Bhusawal 4th line (24 Km)
261
11
Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (225 Km)
3,182
S.No.
Name of the project
Cost (Rs. In crore)
1
Gondia-Ballarshah (Chanda Fort) doubling (240 Km)
4,373
2
Hotgi Byepass line (6 Km)
177
3
Panvel-Chouk doubling section (17 Km)
491
4
Panvel-Somtane Chord line and Panvel-Chikhli Chord line (8 Km)
445
5
Miraj Chord line (2 Km)
129
6
Wardha-Balharshah quadrupling (135 Km)
2,226
7
Puntamba-Sainagar Shirdi doubling (17 Km)
227
8
Itarsi-Nagpur 4th line (297 Km)
5,010
9
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar-Parbhani doubling (177 Km)
2,006
10
Gondia-Dongargarh 4th line (84 Km)
1,985
11
Wardha-Bhusawal 3rd & 4th line (314 Km)
8,199
12
Jalgaon-Bhadli 5th line (9 Km)
114
13
Gondia bypass line (19 Km)
354
14
Jalgaon-Manmad 4th line (160 km)
2,574
15
Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th line (131 Km)
3,285
16
Mudkhed-Medchal & Mahbubnagar-Dhone doubling (417 Km)
4,686
17
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar-Ankai doubling (98 Km)
961
18
Nilaje and Kopar double chord Line (5 Km)
338
19
Mudkhed junction bypass line (3 Km)
62
20
Purna bypass line (3 Km)
72
21
Ankai bypass Line (2 Km)
29
22
Parbhani-Parli Vaijanath doubling (65 Km)
770
23
Latur Road Station bypass line (2 Km)
47
24
Parli-Vaijanath Station bypass line (2 Km)
56
25
Pachora-Jamner gauge conversion with extension upto
955
26
Vadhavan Port-New Palghar doubling (22 Km)
1,423
27
Ahilyanagar-Beed-Parli Vaijnath new line (261 Km)
4,957
28
Baramati-Lonand new line (64 Km)
1,844
29
Wardha-Nanded new line (284 Km)
3,445
30
Indore-Manmad new line (360 Km)
18,529
31
Wadsa-Gadchiroli new line (52 Km)
1,886
32
Jalna-Jalgaon new line (174 Km)
5,804
33
Daund-Manmad doubling (236 Km)
3,037
34
Kalyan-Kasara 3rd line (68 Km)
1,433
35
Wardha-Nagpur 3rd line (76 Km)
698
36
Wardha-Ballarshah 3rd line (132 Km)
1,385
37
Itarsi-Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km)
2,450
38
Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd line (228 Km)
3,545
39
Wardha-Nagpur 4th line (79 Km)
1,137
(in Cr.)
Length
Commissioned
upto Mar'25
(Rs. in crore)
Malkapur (84 Km)
(in Km)
Upto Mar'25 (Km)
(Rs. in Cr.)
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:
The details of commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under:
Capacity Augmentation works for Mumbai Suburban area
Presently, about 120 originating Mail/Express trains and about 3200 sub urban trains are handled daily in Mumbai area. To increase capacity and improve safety, several steps have been taken by Indian Railways as under:
To increase train handling capacity at various stations in Mumbai area, following works have beencompleted/taken up/planned at various stations:
In addition to above, Platform extension work at 34 stations to accommodate 15 car EMUs have been taken up.
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. These projects include following works in Mumbai Suburban Area:
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.
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 Rs.89,780 crore, falling fully/partly in Maharashtra, are sanctioned. The summary is as under:-
Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in Maharashtra are as under:
Some of the main projects falling fully/partly in the Maharashtra which have been taken up are as under:
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sanction of any railway project depends upon many parameters/factors which include the following:
Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:
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