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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2897
TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2026
BORIVALI-VIRAR AND VIRAR-DAHANU RAILWAY LINES
2897. DR. HEMANT VISHNU SAVARA:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the current status of the proposed 5th and 6th railway
lines between Borivali and Virar and the 3rd and 4th railway lines
between Virar and Dahanu;
(b) the details of works completed and under execution in Palghar district
including land acquisition, physical progress and expenditure incurred;
(c) whether any delays have been encountered by the Government in the
implementation of these projects and if so, the reasons therefor; and
(d) the details of the expected timeline for completion and commissioning
of these railway lines, particularly the sections falling within Palghar
district?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)
(a) to (d) Virar–Dahanu Road 3rd& 4th Line (64 km) and Borivali–Virar 5th&
6th Line (26 km) projects are covered under MUTP-III and MUTP-IIIA,
respectively. The status of these projects is as under:
Name of the Cost Status
Project (₹ in crore)
Virar- 3,578 Entire 39 Ha. Land acquired.
Dahanu Entire 3 lac cum. earthwork completed.
Road 3rd & 13 out of 16 major bridges completed.
4th line (64 53 out of 68 minor bridges completed.
km) All 4 RUBs completed.
60 out of 181 Station/Service buildings
completed.
§ Page 1 of 8Name of the Cost Status
Project (₹ in crore)
31 km out of 128 km track laying
completed.
Borivali- 2,184 16 Ha. out of 17 Ha. Land acquired.
Virar 5th & Forest clearance obtained from MoEFCC.
6th line Permission for Mangroves felling
(26 km) obtained from Hon’ble High Court.
3.3 lac cum. earthwork out of 6.7 lac
cum. completed.
5 out of 23 FOB Extn. completed.
2 out of 12 minor Bridges completed.
Work in progress in 3 major bridges.
Work in progress in Station buildings and
other items.
The entire Virar–Dahanu Road 3rd& 4th Line (64 km) and part of Borivali–
Virar 5th & 6th Line (26 km) fall in Palghar district. The total expenditure of
₹ 3,528 crore has been incurred for these two projects.
In addition to above two projects, other projects have also been
sanctioned under MUTP-I costing ₹ 4,502 Cr., MUTP-II costing ₹ 8,087 Cr.,
MUTP-III costing ₹ 10,947 Cr. & MUTP-IIIA costing ₹ 33,690 Cr. Status of
works within Mumbai suburban area including MUTP projects is as under:
Cost
SN Name of the project (₹ in Status of work
crore)
1 Naigaon-Juichandra 176 Land acquisition has been taken
double chord line up.
(6 km)
2 Extension of 826 Land acquisition has been taken
Harbour line from up.
Goregaon-Borivali
(7 km)
3 Mumbai Central- 919 Phase-I (Borivali-Khar Road, 17
Borivali 6th line km): Commissioned.
(30 km) Phase-II (Khar Road - Mumbai
Page 2 of 8Cost
SN Name of the project (₹ in Status of work
crore)
Central): Land acquisition has
been taken up.
4 4th line Asangaon- 794 Design & drawings have been
Kasara taken up.
(34.97 km)
5 Kalyan-Asangaon 4th 1,759 8 out of 92 minor bridges
line completed.
(32 km) Land acquisition of 17 Ha out of
28 Ha completed.
Work in progress in 7 major
bridges.
6 Kalyan-Kasara 3rd 1,433 Land acquisition of 48 Ha. out
Line (68 km) of 54 Ha. completed.
4 out of 9 major bridges
completed.
All 5 Station buildings
completed.
23 km out of 68 km track laying
completed.
7 Kalyan-Badlapur 3rd 1,510 1 out of 2 major bridges
& 4th line (14 km) completed.
2 out of 4 ROBs completed.
30 out of 40 minor bridges
completed.
8 3rd and 4th line 1,324 Design & drawings have been
Badlapur-Karjat taken up.
(32.46 km)
9 Panvel-Karjat 2,782 All 3 tunnels (3 km) completed.
Suburban Corridor 5 ROBs, 16 RUBs completed.
(29.6 km) 9 major bridges, 35 minor
bridges completed.
67 km out of 70 km track laying
completed.
Page 3 of 8Cost
SN Name of the project (₹ in Status of work
crore)
10 Airoli-Kalwa 476 Phase-I (Halt station at Digha):
(elevated) Suburban Commissioned.
Corridor link (3.3 Phase-II (Airoli-Kalwa elevated
km) track, 3.3 km): Land acquisition
and R&R has been taken up.
11 Nilje-Kopar double 338 Land acquisition has been taken
chord line(5 km) up.
6 out of 15 minor bridges
completed.
0.85 lac cum. earthwork out of
1 lac cum. Completed
12 CSMT-Kurla 5th & 6th 891 Phase-I (Kurla-Parel, 10.1 km):
line 1 out of 12 minor bridges
(17.5 km) completed.
2 out of 4 station buildings
completed.
Rebuilding of Sion ROB is in
progress.
Phase-II (Parel-CSMT, 7.4 km):
Land acquisition has been taken
up.
An amount of ₹ 2,213 Cr. has been allocated to Mumbai Urban Transport
Projects in the current Financial Year 2026-27.
Western Dedicated Freight Corridor from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal
(JNPT) to Dadri (1506 km), passing through Palghar District, has been
completed. Besides, Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (508 km) is in
progress having two stations i.e. Virar and Boisar in Palghar District.
Page 4 of 8Maharashtra
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
2026-27 ₹23,926 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 2014-26 is as under:
Period New track Average commissioning of new
Commissioned tracks
2009-14 292 km 58.4 km/year
2014-26 2,585 km 215.4 km/year (Nearly 4 times)
Projects sanctioned:
As on 01.04.2026, 52 projects (13 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversion and 37
Doubling), of a total length of 5,956 km, costing ₹ 1,42,635 crore, falling
fully/partly in Maharashtra are sanctioned. The summary is as under:
Category No. of Total Length Exp.
sanctioned Length Commissioned upto Mar'26
Projects (in km) Upto Mar'26 (₹ in Cr.)
(in km)
New Line 13 1,399 266 13,065
Gauge 02 609 334 5,013
Conversion
Doubling/ 37 3,948 998 16,704
Multitracking
Total 52 5,956 1,598 34,782
Page 5 of 8Recently 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) 6,463
2 Hotgi-Kudgi-Gadag Doubling (284 km) 2,459
3 Manmad-Jalgaon 3rd Line (160 km) 1,677
4 Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 km) 2,005
5 Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 km) 1,512
6 Panvel-Pen Doubling (35 km) 263
7 Pen-Roha Doubling (40 km) 330
8 Udhna-Jalgaon Doubling (307 km) 2,448
9 Mudkhed-Parbhani Doubling (81 km) 673
10 Bhusawal-Jalgaon 3rd Line (24 km) 325
11 Jalgaon-Bhusawal 4th Line (24 km) 261
12 Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (225 km) 3,182
13 Daund-Manmad Doubling (236 km) 3,426
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-Parli Vaijnath New Line (261 km) 5,800
2 Baramati-Lonand New Line (64 km) 1,844
3 Wardha-Nanded New Line (284 km) 5,248
Page 6 of 8S.No. Name of the project Cost
(₹ in
crore)
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 Wardha-Nagpur 3rd Line (76 km) 917
8 Wardha-Ballarshah 3rd Line (132 km) 1,755
9 Itarsi-Nagpur 3rd Line (280 km) 2,607
10 Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd Line (228 km) 3,545
11 Wardha-Nagpur 4th Line (79 km) 1,215
12 Jalgaon-Manmad 4th Line (160 km) 2,574
13 Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd& 4th Line (131 km) 3,285
14 Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad New Line (84 km) 3,296
15 Panvel-Chowk Double Line (17 km) 491
16 Wardha-Balharshah 4th Line (135 km) 2,226
17 Itarsi-Nagpur 4th Line (297 km) 5,010
18 Wardha-Bhusawal 3rd& 4th Line (314 km) 9,197
19 Gondia-Dongargarh 4th Line (84 km) 2,223
20 Gondia-Balharshah Doubling (240 km) 4,819
21 Kalyan-Kasara 3rd Line (68 km) 1,433
22 Naigaon-Juichendra Double Chord Line (5 km) 176
23 Nilje-Kopar Double Chord Line (5 km) 338
24 Badlapur-Karjat 3rd& 4th Line (32 km) 1,324
25 Asangaon-Kasara 4th Line (35 km) 794
26 Kasara-Manmad 3rd& 4th Line (131 km) 10,154
27 Gondia-Jabalpur Doubling (231 km) 5,236
28 Chalisgaon Rail Over Rail Flyover (11 km) 264
29 Chord line between Chikhli and Somtane (4 km) 172
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
Page 7 of 8 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 and cost of the project/s.
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