Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the Nation two additional railway lines connecting Thane and Diva today, 18th February 2022 via video conferencing. He will also flag off two suburban trains of the Mumbai Suburban Railway.
Kalyan is the main junction of the Central Railway. The traffic coming from the Northside and Southern sides of the country merge at Kalyan and moves towards CSMT (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus). Out of the four tracks between Kalyan and CSTM, two tracks were used for slow local trains and two tracks for fast local, Mail Express, and Goods trains. To segregate suburban and long-distance trains, two additional tracks were planned.
The two additional railway lines connecting Thane and Diva were built at a cost of approximately Rs 620 crores and include a 1.4 km long rail flyover, three major bridges, and twenty-one minor bridges. These lines will greatly remove the interference of long-distance train traffic with suburban train traffic in Mumbai. These lines will also enable the introduction of 36 new suburban trains in the city.
