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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 690
TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2026
MUMBAI URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT
690. SHRI RAVINDRA DATTARAM WAIKAR:
SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE:
SMT. BHARTI PARDHI:
SHRI NARESH GANPAT MHASKE:
DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the total funds sanctioned and disbursed during the
current financial year under the 'Mumbai Urban Transport Project'
(MUTP-3 and MUTP-3A) to reduce overcrowding and to ensure
passenger safety in suburban railway network (Local Trains);
(b) the current technical progress of the ambitious initiatives included
under this project, namely the Virar-Dahanu Road quadrupling, Airoli-
Kalwa link, and Panvel-Karjat double line;
(c) the specific safety measures (such as Platform Screen Doors or
automatic doors) being implemented to prevent accidents and fatalities
caused by passengers falling from overcrowded running local trains;
(d) whether there are currently any coordination challenges regarding cost-
sharing between the Central and State Governments to expedite the
pending projects of Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC); and
(e) the details of the plan to introduce new Air-Conditioned (AC) and non-AC
local train services during the next two years to make the commute
safer and more comfortable?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)
(a) to (e) To improve the connectivity and capacity of rail network in
Mumbai suburban area, Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-I costing
§ Page 1 of 9₹4,502 crore, MUTP-II costing ₹8,087 crore, MUTP-III costing ₹10,947
crore and MUTP-IIIA costing ₹33,690 crore have been sanctioned. The
progress of works is as below:
SN Name of the project Status of work
1 Belapur-Seawood-Uran Double Completed
Line (27 km)
2 Quadrupling of Borivali-Virar Completed
(26 km)
3 5th & 6th line Kurla-Thane Completed
(17.63 km)
4 5th line Mahim - Santacruz Completed
(4.68 km)
5 Extension of Harbour line Completed
between Andheri-Goregaon
(5.22 km)
6 5th & 6th line between Thane- Completed
Diva (9.44 km)
7 CSMT - Kurla 5th & 6th line Phase-I (Kurla – Parel, 10.1 km):
(17.5 km) Work in progress. 1 out of 12
minor bridges, 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.
8 Mumbai Central-Borivali 6th line Phase-I (Borivali- Khar Road, 17
(30 km) km): Commissioned.
Phase-II (Khar Road - Mumbai
Page 2 of 9Central): Land acquisition has
been taken up.
9 Virar-Dahanu Road 3rd & 4th line Work in progress. 13 out of 16
(64 km) major bridges, 53 out of 68
minor bridges, all 4 RUBs, 31 km
out of 128 km track laying have
been completed.
10 Panvel-Karjat Suburban Work is in advance stage of
Corridor (29.6 km) completion. All 3 tunnels (3 km),
5 ROBs, 16 RUBs, 9 major
bridges, 35 minor bridges, 67 km
out of 70 km track laying have
been completed.
11 Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) Phase-I (Halt station at Digha):
Suburban Corridor link (3.3 km) Commissioned.
Phase-II (Airoli-Kalwa elevated
track, 3.3 km): Land acquisition
and R&R has been taken up.
12 Trespass control (34 locations) Completed
13 Extension of Harbour line from Land acquisition has been taken
Goregaon-Borivali (7 km) up.
14 Borivali - Virar 5th & 6th line 5 out of 23 FOB Extn.
(26 km) completed.
Major and Minor bridges work is
in progress.
15 Kalyan-Asangaon 4th line 4 out of 92 minor bridges
(32 km) completed.
Land Acquisition of 17 Ha out of
28 Ha completed.
Page 3 of 9Work in progress in 7 major
bridges.
16 Kalyan-Badlapur 3rd & 4th line 1 out of 2 major bridges, 2 out of
(14 km) 4 ROBs, 30 out of 40 minor
bridges completed.
17 Kalyan yard remodelling work Yard remodelling work is in
progress.
18 3rd and 4th line Badlapur - Karjat Design & drawings have been
(32.46 km) taken up.
19 4th line Asangaon - Kasara Design & drawings have been
(34.97 km) taken up.
An amount of ₹ 2,213 Cr. has been allocated to Mumbai Urban Transport
Projects in the current Financial Year 2026-27. There is no coordination
challenge regarding cost sharing between Central and State Government.
To enhance passenger carrying capacity and improve safety measures,
238 rakes of 12 cars each with automatic door closing system have been
sanctioned under MUTP-III & IIIA at a cost of ₹19,293 crore. The process
for procurement of these rakes has been taken up.
Following capacity augmentation works have been taken up at various
stations in Mumbai area:
SN Location Details
1 Bandra Terminus 3 Pit Lines have been completed
2 Mumbai Central Platform extension for 24 LHB coaches
3 Jogeshwari 5 new platforms
2 Pit lines
Page 4 of 94 Dadar 1 additional platform
5 Vasai : 6 platforms, 3 pit lines and 5
stabling lines
Virar Area
6 Naigaon : 30 stabling lines
7 Virar : 2 stabling lines
8 Dahanu Area Dahanu : 5 stabling lines
New Vangaon : 30 stabling lines
9 Panvel - Kalamboli 5 platforms, 4 pit lines, 2 Stabling lines
and 2 sick lines
10 Kalyan 6 platforms and 4 pit lines
11 Lokmanya Tilak 4 platforms and 2 pit lines
Terminus
12 Parel 6 platforms, 5 pit lines, 6 stabling lines
To cater to the sub-urban passengers, presently, 3234 EMU sub-urban
services which include both non-AC and AC EMU services are operated by
the Western Railway and the Central Railway.
Western Railway operates 1414 services including 145 AC EMU services
while Central Railway operates 1820 services including 120 AC EMU
services.
The EMU services presently being operated also include 266 numbers of 15
car EMU services which are aimed at providing more accommodation and
comfortable journey to the passengers.
Page 5 of 9Besides, introduction of EMU services and their augmentation on any
route/section, which is an on-going process, depends on various factors
which include:
● Capacity of that section
● Availability of path
● Availability of required rolling stock
● Availability of matching infrastructure for rolling stock
● Maintenance requirement of railway tracks and other assets
● Occupancy and the traffic requirement of the section
Maharashtra
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)
Page 6 of 9Projects 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
Recently 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
Page 7 of 96 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
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
Page 8 of 914 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
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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