Parliament Question: Mumbai Urban Transport Project

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6032 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2026 MUMBAI URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT 6032. SHRI NARESH GANPAT MHASKE: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE: SHRI ATUL GARG: SHRI RAVINDRA DATTARAM WAIKAR: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE: SMT. BHARTI PARDHI: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) the details of the total funds allocated, released and utilised under MUTP (Mumbai Urban Transport Project)-3 and MUTP-3A, year-wise; (b) the details of the list of projects completed till date including new lines, additional tracks, signalling works and rolling stock procurement; (c) the details of the physical and financial progress of ongoing works such as fifth/sixth lines and station upgrades; (d) whether any cost escalation has occurred and if so, the details and the reasons therefor; and (e) the revised timelines for completion of pending projects and their expected impact on commuter capacity? 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 ₹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: § Page 1 of 18SN Name of the project Status of work 1 Belapur-Seawood-Uran Double Line Completed (27 km) 2 Quadrupling of Borivali-Virar (26 km) Completed 3 5th & 6th line Kurla-Thane (17.63 km) Completed 4 5th line Mahim-Santacruz (4.68 km) Completed 5 Extension of Harbour line between Completed Andheri-Goregaon (5.22 km) 6 5th & 6th line between Thane-Diva Completed (9.44 km) 7 CSMT-Kurla 5th & 6th line (17.5 km) Phase-I (Kurla – Parel, 10.1 km): Work 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 (30 km) Road): commissioned 17 km Phase-II (Khar Road - Mumbai Central): Land acquisition has been taken up. 9 Virar-Dahanu Road 3rd & 4th line Work in progress (64 km) 10 Panvel-Karjat Suburban Corridor Work in progress (29.6 km) 11 Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) Suburban Phase-I (Halt station at Page 2 of 18Corridor link (3.3 km) Digha): 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 Goregaon-Borivali (7 km) been taken up. 14 Borivali-Virar 5th& 6th line (26 km) Work in progress 15 Kalyan-Asangaon 4th line (32 km) Work in progress 16 Kalyan-Badlapur 3rd & 4th line Work in progress (14 km) 17 Kalyan yard remodelling work Work in progress 18 3rd and 4th line Badlapur - Karjat Work sanctioned (32.46 km) recently 19 4th line Asangaon - Kasara (34.97 km) Work sanctioned recently To enhance passenger carrying capacity, 238 rakes of 12 cars each with doors 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. The details of funds allocated to Mumbai Urban Transport Projects in recent years are as follows: Financial Year Budget Grant (₹ in crore) 2022-23 1,073 2023-24 1,102 2024-25 1,160 2025-26 1,777 Page 3 of 18Maharashtra: 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 2025-26 ₹23,778 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 2014-25 is as under: New track Period Average commissioning of new tracks Commissioned 2009-14 292 Km 58.4 Km/year 2014-25 2,292 Km 208.4 Km/year (More than 3 times) Projects sanctioned: 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 ₹89,780 crore, falling fully/partly in Maharashtra, including remote and tribal areas, are sanctioned. The summary is as under:- Page 4 of 18Length No. of Total Exp. Commissioned Category sanctioned Length upto Mar'25 Upto Mar'25 Projects (in Km) (₹ in Cr.) (Km) New Line 11 1,355 234 10,504 Gauge Conversion 02 609 334 4,286 Doubling/ 25 3,134 1,792 24,617 Multitracking Total 38 5,098 2,360 39,407 Recently completed projects: Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in Maharashtra are as under: Cost S. No. Project (₹ in crore) 1 Pune-Miraj-Londa Doubling (467 Km) 4,670 2 Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km) 2,005 3 Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km) 1,512 4 Panvel-Pen Doubling (35 Km) 263 5 Pen-Roha Doubling (40 Km) 330 6 Udhna-Jalgaon Doubling (307 Km) 2,448 7 Mudkhed-Parbhani Doubling (81 Km) 673 8 Bhusawal-Jalgaon 3rd Line (24 Km) 325 9 Jalgaon-Bhusawal 4th Line (24 Km) 261 10 Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (225 Km) 3,182 Page 5 of 18Ongoing Projects: To further improve the Railway Infrastructure in the State of Maharashtra, following works have been taken up:- Cost (₹ In S.No. Name of the project crore) 1 Ahilyanagar(Ahmednagar) – Beed - Parli Vaijnath 4,957 New Line (261 Km) 2 Baramati-Lonand New Line (64 Km) 1,844 3 Wardha-Nanded New Line (284 Km) 3,445 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 Daund-Manmad Doubling (236 Km) 3,037 8 Wardha-Nagpur 3rd Line (76 Km) 698 9 Wardha-Ballarshah 3rd Line (132 Km) 1,385 10 Itarsi-Nagpur 3rd Line (280 Km) 2,450 11 Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd Line (228 Km) 3,545 12 Wardha-Nagpur 4th Line (79 Km) 1,137 13 Jalgaon-Manmad 4th Line (160 Km) 2,574 14 Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km) 3,285 15 Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad New Line (95 Km) 2,933 16 Panvel-Chowk Double Line (17 Km) 491 17 Wardha-Balharshah 4th Line (135 Km) 2,226 18 Itarsi-Nagpur 4th Line (297 Km) 5,010 19 Wardha-Bhusawal 3rd & 4th Line (314 Km) 9,197 20 Gondia-Dongargarh 4th Line (84 Km) 2,223 Page 6 of 1821 Gondia-Balharshah Doubling (240 Km) 4,819 22 Kalyan-Kasara 3rd line ( 67 km) 793 23 Naigaon-Juichandra double chord line (6 km) 176 24 Nilaje-Kopar double chord line ( 5 km) 338 Increasing train handling capacity in Mumbai area: Presently, about 120 originating Mail/Express trains and about 3200 sub urban trains are handled daily in Mumbai area. To increase train handling capacity at various stations in Mumbai area, following works have been completed/taken up/planned at various stations: 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 Platform length extension: In addition to above, platform extension work at 34 stations to accommodate 15 car EMUs has been taken up. Page 7 of 18Capacity Augmentation works for Pune area: Presently, about 33 originating Mail/Express trains are handled daily in Pune area. To increase train handling capacity at various stations in Pune area, following works have been completed/taken up/planned at various stations: SN Location Details 6 additional Platforms and Extension of 5 1 Pune Junction Platforms. Extension of 3 Platforms to handle full 2 Hadapsar length trains. Raising and Extension of PF-3/4 and 3 Khadki extension of running lines completed in July’2025. New Coaching Terminal with 9 additional 4 Alandi Platforms, 8 pit lines and 8 stabling lines. 5 Phursungi 5 Stabling Lines at Phursungi. In addition to above, following capacity additional works have been undertaken in Pune area to increase the train handling capacity: SN Name of Project 1 3rd Line between Hadapsar and Ghorpuri Yard 2 New Block station at Manjari Bhadrukin Pune-Daund Section and Ramtekdi in Pune-Sasvad section 3 Bidirectional Signalling in Pune Sasvad Road Section Page 8 of 18Bullet Train project: Presently, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project (508 km) is under execution. The Project is passing through the States of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli with 12 stations planned at Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Billimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati. Entire land (1389.5 Ha.) for MAHSR project has been acquired. All Statutory Clearances have been obtained. All 1651 utilities have been shifted. The delay in land acquisition in the State of Maharashtra has impacted the project till 2021. The land acquisition picked up in 2022 in Maharashtra. The progress of various major items so far is as under: Item Progress Piers 430 kms. Girder 341 kms. Track Bed 174 kms. OHE Masts 153 kms. The progress of stations is given below:- S.No. Station Status Foundation works completed, platform slab & roof 1 Sabarmati structural works and finishing works are in progress 2 Ahmedabad Structural works completed and finishing works 3 Anand/Nadiad have been taken up. Page 9 of 18Foundation work completed, structural works and 4 Vadodara finishing works have been taken up. 5 Bharuch 6 Surat Structural works completed and finishing works 7 Bilimora have been taken up. 8 Vapi 9 Boisar Foundation works have been taken up and in 10 Virar advanced stage. Structural works have been taken 11 Thane up. This is an underground station. Foundation works BKC 12 almost completed and Base Slab has been taken (Mumbai) up. The progress on the River Bridges is as under:- S. River Name Status No. Sabarmati River Sub-Structure work completed, Superstructure 1 (480m) work has been taken up. Meshwa River 2 (120m) Vatrak River 3 Bridge construction completed. (280m) Mohar (Shedhi) 4 River (160m) 11 out of 12 wells completed; 5 spans 5 Mahi River (720m) launched Vishwamitri River 6 Bridge construction completed. (80m) Page 10 of 18Dhadhar River 7 (120m) Narmada River 21 out of 25 wells completed; 4 spans 8 (1366m) launched 9 Kim River (120m) Bridge construction completed. Foundation work has been taken up, 10 out of 10 Tapi River (720m) 12 wells completed Mindhola River 11 (240m) Purna River 12 (360m) Ambika River 13 (200m) Venganiya River 14 (200m) Kaveri River 15 (120m) Bridge construction completed. Kharera River 16 (120m) Auranga River 17 (320m) 18 Par River (320m) 19 Kolak River (160m) Daman Ganga 20 River (360m) Darotha River 21 (80m) Jagani River 22 Foundation works have been completed (360m) Page 11 of 18Vaitarna River 23 12 Pile Cap and 11 Pier (out of 58) completed. (2320m) Ulhas River Branch Temporary Access Bridge (TAB) completed to 24 (120m) start the foundation work. Desai Khadi River Geo-technical Investigation (GTI) has been 25 Bridge (400m) completed and Design work has been taken up. The work of the under-sea tunnel (approximately 21 km) has commenced, out of which 4.8 km of tunnel between Ghansoli and Shilphata in Maharashtra has been completed. Further, to strengthen national transport infrastructure, provide a fillip to regional connectivity, economic growth, tourism, investment and employment generation, and encourage modal shift from road and air transport to rail, the Government has announced the development of the following seven new High-Speed Rail (HSR) corridors in the Union Budget 2026-27:- (i) Mumbai–Pune (ii) Pune–Hyderabad (iii) Hyderabad–Bengaluru (iv) Hyderabad–Chennai (v) Chennai–Bengaluru (vi) Delhi–Varanasi (vii) Varanasi–Siliguri Being highly capital intensive, the decision to sanction any HSR Corridor/Project depends on many factors such as outcome of DPR, techno- Page 12 of 18economic feasibility studies and availability of resources such as financing options etc. Dedicated Freight Corridor: 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. Station Development in Maharashtra Amrit Bharat Stations: Ministry of Railways has launched Amrit Bharat Station Scheme for redevelopment of stations with a long-term approach. The scheme involves preparation of master plans and their implementation in phases to improve the stations. The master planning includes:  Improvement of access to station and circulating areas  Integration of station with both sides of city  Improvement of station building  Improvement of waiting halls, toilets, sitting arrangement, water booths  Provision of wider foot over bridge/air concourse commensurate with passenger traffic  Provision of lift/escalators/ramp  Improvement /Provision of platform surface and cover over platforms Page 13 of 18 Provision of kiosks for local products through schemes like ‘One Station One Product’  Parking areas, Multimodal integration  Amenities for Divyangjans  Better passenger information systems  Provision of executive lounges, nominated spaces for business meetings, landscaping, etc. keeping in view the necessity at each station The scheme also envisages sustainable and environment friendly solutions, provision of ballastless tracks etc. as per necessity, phasing and feasibility and creation of city centre at the station in the long term. So far, 1,338 stations have been identified for development under this scheme, out of which 132 stations are located in Maharashtra. The names of stations identified for development under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Maharashtra are as following: State No. of Name of Stations Stations Maharashtra 132 Ahmednagar, Ajni (Nagpur), Akalkot Road, Akola, Akurdi, Amalner, Amgaon, Amravati, Andheri, Badnera, Balharshah, Bandra Terminus, Baramati, Belapur, Bhandara Road, Bhokar, Bhusawal, Borivali, Byculla, Chalisgaon, Chanda Fort, Chandrapur, Charni Road, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Chinchpokli, Chinchwad, Dadar (CR), Dadar (WR), Dahisar, Daund, Dehu Road, Devlali, Page 14 of 18State No. of Name of Stations Stations Dhamangaon, Dharangaon, Dharashiv, Dharmabad, Dhule, Diva, Dudhani, Gangakher, Godhani, Gondia, Grant Road, Hadapsar, Hatkanangale, Hazur Sahib Nanded, Himayatnagar, Hinganghat, Hingoli Deccan, Igatpuri, Jalgaon, Jalna, Jeur, Jogeshwari, Kalyan Jn, Kamptee, Kandivali, Kanjur Marg, Karad, Katol, Kedgaon, Kinwat, Kopargaon, Kurduwadi Jn., Kurla Jn, Lasalgaon, Latur, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Lonand Jn., Lonavla, Lower Parel, Malad, Malkapur, Manmad Jn, Manwath Road, Marine Lines, Matunga, Miraj Jn., Mudkhed Jn., Mumbai Central, Mumbra, Murtizapur Jn, Nagarsol, Nagpur Jn., Nandgaon, Nandura, Nandurbar, Narkher Jn., Nashik Road, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction, Pachora Jn., Palghar, Pandharpur, Panvel Jn., Parbhani Jn., Parel, Parli Vaijnath, Partur, Phaltan, Prabhadevi, Pulgaon Jn., Pune Jn., Purna Jn., Raver, Rotegaon, Sainagar Shirdi, Sandhurst Road, Sangli, Satara, Savda, Selu, Sewagram, Shahad, Shegaon, Shivaji Nagar Pune, Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus Kolhapur, Solapur, Talegaon, Thakurli, Thane, Titvala, Tumsar Road, Umri, Uruli, Vadala Road, Vidyavihar, Vikhroli, Wadsa, Wardha, Washim, Wathar Page 15 of 18Completed stations: Development works at railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Maharashtra have been taken up at a good pace. Till now, works of 19 stations have been completed. The names of stations completed in Maharashtra are as following: No. of State Name of stations stations Maharashtra 19 Amgaon, Baramati, Byculla, Chanda Fort, Chinchpokli, Devlali, Dhule, Himayatnagar, Kedgaon, Lasalgaon, Lonand Jn., Matunga, Murtizapur Jn., Nandura, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction, Parel, Savda, Shahad, Vadala Road The activities for development at other stations have also been taken up at good pace and progress of some of the stations is as given below: • Diva station: The works of improvement of station building, circulating area and parking on East side, new entry gate, platform raising and flooring of platform no. 5/6 and 7/8, platform shelter at platform no. 7/8, new toilet block, sewage treatment plant on West side, improvement of Foot Over Bridge at Kalyan end and Mumbai end have been completed. The work of new 6 m Foot Over Bridge has been taken up. • Mumbra station: The works for improvement of platform surface, seating arrangement, new toilet block, improvement of booking office, circulating area, sewage treatment plant and flooring of Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The work of escalator has been taken up. Page 16 of 18• Palghar station: The works of new platform shelter at platform no. 2/3, platform surfacing, new coping blocks and tactile tile work at platform no. 4 have been completed. The works of utility shifting and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up. • Titwala station: The works for station building, entrance gate, platform surfacing, improvement of ticket booking office, toilet block, sewage treatment plant and improvement of two wheeler parking and approach road on East and West side have been completed. The work of new 6 m Foot Over Bridge has been taken up. • Vikhroli station: The works for improvement of station building on West side, platform surfacing, platform shelter, new toilet block at Mumbai end, improvement of toilet block at Kalyan end and Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The works of new booking office, circulating area on East and West side and parking of East side have been taken up. Further, development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation of stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and ongoing process and works in this regard are undertaken as per requirement, subject to inter-se priority and availability of funds. Development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation of a station is carried out based on category of station/condition/traffic handled etc. Development / Upgradation of railway stations is complex in nature involving safety of passengers & trains and requires various statutory clearances such as fire clearance, heritage, tree cutting, airport clearance etc. The progress also gets affected due to brownfield related challenges such as shifting of utilities (involving water/sewage lines, optical fibre Page 17 of 18cables, gas pipe lines, power/signal cables, etc.), infringements, operation of trains without hindering passenger movement, speed restrictions due to works carried out in close proximity of tracks and high voltage power lines, etc. and these factors affect the completion time. Development / Upgradation / Modernization of stations including Amrit Bharat Station Scheme is generally funded under Plan Head-53 ‘Customer Amenities’. The details of allocation and expenditure under Plan Head-53 are maintained Zonal Railway-wise and not work-wise or station-wise or state-wise. Maharashtra is covered under the jurisdiction of four railway zones, namely, Central Railway, South Central Railway, South East Central Railway and Western Railway. For these zones, an allocation of ₹ 3,834 crore (Revised Estimate) has been made for the financial year 2025-26, out of which an expenditure of ₹ 3,886 crore (up to February, 2026) has been incurred so far. 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 of the project/s. ***** Page 18 of 18