Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate today to the Nation two additional railway lines of the Mumbai sub-urban network of the Central Railway. PM Modi will inaugurate 5th and 6th railway lines between Thane and Diva in the Mumbai suburban railway limits and will also show green flag to additional suburban services.
The event, which is scheduled at 4.30 PM, will be attended by various dignitaries including Union Railway Minister Ashwani Vaishnav, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Kosiyari, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Minister of state for Railways Raosaheb Dadasaheb Patil Danve, Leader of the Opposition Devendra Fadnavis along with other state ministers, MPs and MLAs.
AIR correspondent reports, Kalyan is the main junction of Central Railway. The traffic coming from North side and Southern side of the country merge at Kalyan and move towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. Out of the four tracks between Kalyan and CST, 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 have been built at the approx cost of Rs 620 crores and features 1.4 km long rail flyover, 3 major bridges and 21 minor bridges.
Now there are six lines between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Kalyan. These lines will significantly remove the interference of long-distance train’s traffic with suburban train’s traffic in Mumbai.
These lines will also enable the introduction of additional suburban trains in the city. From today additional 36 suburban trains will be launched out of which 34 are AC trains.
