Parliament Question: Train Services between Nashik Road and Kalyan

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6156 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2026 TRAIN SERVICES BETWEEN NASHIK ROAD AND KALYAN 6156. SHRI RAJABHAU PARAG PRAKASH WAJE: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has taken cognisance of the fact that there is long pending demand of starting local trains between Nashik Road (NK) and Kalyan (KYN) railway stations; (b) whether it is a fact that such local train connectivity is of vital importance for students, farmers, small traders, daily commuters and for people of enroute stations where express trains do not halt and if so, the details thereof; (c) whether the Government proposes to start EMU/automated closing door trainsets services immediately after completing all the necessary steps and formalities and if so, the details thereof; (d) the details of difficulties in starting EMU/automated closing door trainsets between Nashik and Kalyan; (e) whether the Government will expedite ironing out difficulties by way of innovative solutions or technology and if so, the details thereof; and (f) the details and time by which people of Nashik and adjoining villages can expect the such local service to start? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW) (a) to (f) At present, Nasik Road-Kalyan sector is served by following 67 pairs of train services: SN Train No. & Name 1 11001/11002 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Balharshah Express § Page 1 of 122 11011/11012 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Dhule Express 3 11015/11016 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Saharsa Amrit Bharat Express 4 11031/11032 Panvel-Alipur Duar Amrit Bharat Express 5 11055/11056 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Gonda Godan Express 6 11057/11058 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Amritsar Express 7 11059/11060 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Chhapra Express 8 11061/11062 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Jaynagar Express 9 11071/11072 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Ballia Kamayani Express 10 11079/11080 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Gorakhpur Express 11 11081/11082 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Gorakhpur Express 12 12071/12072 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Hingoli Deccan Jan Shatabdi Express 13 12105/12106 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Gondia Vidarbha Express 14 12107/12108 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Sitapur Express 15 12109/12110 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Manmad Panchavati Express 16 12111/12112 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Amravati Express 17 12131/12132 Dadar-Sainagar Shirdi Express 18 12137/12138 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Firozpur Cantt. Punjab Mail 19 12139/12140 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Nagpur Sewagram Express 20 12141/12142 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Patliputra Express 21 12145/12146 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Puri Express 22 12151/12152 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Shalimar Samarsata Express 23 12161/12162 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Agra Cantt. Lashkar Express 24 12165/12166 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Gorakhpur Express 25 12167/12168 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Banaras Express 26 12171/12172 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Haridwar Express Page 2 of 1227 12173/12174 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Maa Belha Devi Dham Pratapgarh Express 28 12187/12188 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Jabalpur Garib Rath Express 29 12321/12322 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Howrah Kolkata Mail 30 12335/12336 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Bhagalpur Express 31 12533/12534 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Gomti Nagar Pushpak Express 32 12617/12618 Ernakulam-Hazrat Nizamuddin Mangala Lakshadweep Express 33 12741/12742 Vasco-da-Gama-Patna Express 34 12809/12810 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Howrah Express 35 12811/12812 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Hatia Express 36 12859/12860 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Howrah Gitanjali Express 37 12869/12870 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Howrah Express 38 12879/12880 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Bhubaneswar Express 39 13201/13202 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Rajgir Express 40 14313/14314 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Bareilly Express 41 15017/15018 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Gorakhpur Kashi Express 42 15065/15066 Panvel-Gorakhpur Express 43 15181/15182 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Mau Express 44 15267/15268 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Raxaul Antyoday Express 45 15647/15648 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Guwahati Express 46 15659/15660 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Agartala Express 47 15945/15946 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Dibrugarh Express 48 17057/17058 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Lingampalli Devagiri Express 49 17611/17612 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Nanded Express 50 17617/17618 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Nanded Tapovan Express Page 3 of 1251 18029/18030 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Shalimar Express 52 18609/18610 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Ranchi Express 53 20705/20706 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Nanded Vande Bharat Express 54 22103/22104 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Ayodhya Cantt. Express 55 22109/22110 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Balharshah Express 56 22121/22122 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Lucknow Express 57 22129/22130 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Ayodhya Cantt. Tulsi Express 58 22147/22148 Dadar-Sainagar Shirdi Express 59 22177/22178 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Banaras Mahanagari Express 60 22183/22184 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Ayodhya Cantt. Express 61 22221/22222 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express 62 22223/22224 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Express 63 22311/22312 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Godda Express 64 22357/22358 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Gaya Express 65 22537/22538 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Gorakhpur Kushinagar Express 66 22583/22584 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Chhapra Antyoday Express 67 22847/22848 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Visakhapatnam Express Similarly, Kasara-Kalyan-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T) sector is served by 36 Suburban train services. Besides, introduction of train services including EMU services 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 Page 4 of 12● Availability of matching infrastructure for rolling stock ● Maintenance requirement of railway tracks and other assets The width of the EMU stock (local trains in the area) is more than other rolling stock of passenger trains. There are dimensional limitations in tunnels on Kasara-Igatpuri ghat section and Karjat-Lonavala section due to which, operation of EMU local trains is not possible in these sections at present. 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: Period New track 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, Page 5 of 12are sanctioned. The summary is as under:- Category No. of Total Length Exp. sanctioned Length Commissioned upto Mar'25 Projects (in Km) Upto Mar'25 (Km) (₹ in Cr.) New Line 11 1,355 234 10,504 Gauge 02 609 334 4,286 Conversion 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: SN Project Cost (₹ 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 1,512 Km) 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 Ongoing Projects: To further improve the Railway Infrastructure in the state of Maharashtra, following works have been taken up:- SN Name of the project Cost (₹ In crore) 1 Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar)-Beed-Parli Vaijnath 4,957 New Line (261 Km) Page 6 of 122 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 Kalyan-Kasara 3rd Line (68 Km) 1,433 9 Wardha-Nagpur 3rd Line (76 Km) 698 10 Wardha-Ballarshah 3rd Line (132 Km) 1,385 11 Itarsi-Nagpur 3rd Line (280 Km) 2,450 12 Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd Line (228 Km) 3,545 13 Wardha-Nagpur 4th Line (79 Km) 1,137 14 Jalgaon-Manmad 4th Line (160 Km) 2,574 15 Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km) 3,285 16 Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad New Line (95 Km) 2,933 17 Panvel-Chowk Double Line (17 Km) 491 18 Wardha-Balharshah 4th Line (135 Km) 2,226 19 Itarsi-Nagpur 4th Line (297 Km) 5,010 20 Wardha-Bhusawal 3rd & 4th Line (314 Km) 9,197 21 Asangaon-Kasara 4th Line (35 Km) 794 22 Badlapur-Karjat 3rd & 4th Line (32 Km) 1,324 23 Gondia-Dongargarh 4th Line (84 Km) 2,223 24 Gondia-Balharshah Doubling (240 Km) 4,819 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 Page 7 of 126 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 have been taken up. New projects for increasing capacity: To improve the capacity of rail network in Mumbai suburban area, Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-II costing ₹8,087 crore, MUTP-III costing ₹10,947 crore and MUTP-IIIA costing ₹33,690 crore have been sanctioned. These projects include following works in Mumbai Suburban Area: SN Name of Project Cost (₹ in Cr.) 1 CSMT-Kurla 5th & 6th Line (MUTP-II) (17.5 km) 891 2 Mumbai Central-Borivali 6th Line (MUTP-II) (30 km) 919 3 Extension of Harbour Line from Goregaon-Borivali 826 (MUTP-IIIA) (7 km) 4 Borivali-Virar 5th & 6th Line (MUTP-IIIA) (26 km) 2,184 5 Virar-Dahanu Road 3rd & 4th Line (MUTP-III) (64 km) 3,587 6 Panvel-Karjat Suburban Corridor (MUTP-III) (29.6 km) 2,782 7 Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) Suburban Corridor link 4 76 (MUTP-III) (3.3 km) 8 Kalyan-Asangaon 4thLine (MUTP-IIIA) (32 km) 1,759 9 Kalyan-Badlapur 3rd& 4th line (MUTP-IIIA) (14 km) 1,510 10 Kalyan-Kasara 3rd Line (67 km) 793 11 Naigaon-Juichandra double chord Line (6 km) 176 12 Nilaje-Kopar double chord Line (5 km) 338 13 Kalyan Yard remodeling work 866 Page 8 of 12New generation trains: 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. Capacity Augmentation works for 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 1 Pune Junction 6 additional Platforms and Extension of 5 Platforms. 2 Hadapsar Extension of 3 Platforms to handle full length trains. 3 Khadki Raising and Extension of PF-3/4 and extension of running lines completed in July’2025. 4 Alandi New Coaching Terminal with 9 additional 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 Bullet 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 Page 9 of 12stations 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:- SN Station Status 1 Sabarmati Foundation works completed, Platform slab & roof structural works and finishing works are in progress 2 Ahmedabad Structural works completed and finishing works 3 Anand/Nadiad have been taken up. 4 Vadodara Foundation work completed, structural works and finishing works have been taken up. 5 Bharuch Structural works completed and finishing works 6 Surat have been taken up. 7 Bilimora 8 Vapi 9 Boisar Foundation works have been taken up and in 10 Virar advanced stage. Structural works have been taken 11 Thane up. 12 BKC This is an underground station. Foundation works (Mumbai) almost completed and Base Slab has been taken up. Page 10 of 12The progress on the River Bridges is as under:- SN River Name Status 1 Sabarmati River Sub-Structure work completed, (480m) Superstructure work has been taken up. 2 Meshwa River (120m) 3 Vatrak River (280m) Bridge construction completed. 4 Mohar (Shedhi) River (160m) 5 Mahi River (720m) 11 out of 12 wells completed; 5 spans launched 6 Vishwamitri River (80m) Bridge construction completed. 7 Dhadhar River (120m) 8 Narmada River 21 out of 25 wells completed; 4 spans (1366m) launched 9 Kim River (120m) Bridge construction completed. 10 Tapi River (720m) Foundation work has been taken up, 10 out of 12 wells completed 11 Mindhola River (240m) 12 Purna River (360m) 13 Ambika River (200m) 14 Venganiya River (200m) 15 Kaveri River (120m) Bridge construction completed. 16 Kharera River (120m) 17 Auranga River (320m) 18 Par River (320m) 19 Kolak River (160m) 20 Daman Ganga River (360m) 21 Darotha River (80m) 22 Jagani River (360m) Foundation works have been completed 23 Vaitarna River 12 Pile Cap and 11 Pier (out of 58) (2320m) completed. 24 Ulhas River Branch Temporary Access Bridge (TAB) (120m) completed to start the foundation work. Page 11 of 1225 Desai Khadi River Geo-technical Investigation (GTI) has Bridge (400m) been 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- economic 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. ***** Page 12 of 12