**Executive Summary**
This report outlines the significant increase in railway budget allocation for Maharashtra, reaching ₹23,778 crore in 2025-26—a twenty-fold surge compared to the 2009-14 period. The document details the status of 38 sanctioned infrastructure projects, including capacity augmentation in Mumbai and Pune, the progression of the Bullet Train (MAHSR), and the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor. Key focus areas include the completion of platform extensions for 15-car EMUs and the ongoing procurement of 238 new-generation rakes to improve passenger carrying capacity.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Budgetary and Track Infrastructure Growth**
* **Funding Surge:** The annual budget allocation for Maharashtra increased from an average of ₹1,171 crore (2009-14) to ₹23,778 crore for 2025-26.
* **Commissioning Rate:** New track commissioning has risen from 58.4 km per year (2009-14) to 208.4 km per year (2014-25).
* **Sanctioned Projects:** As of April 1, 2025, 38 projects (11 new lines, 2 gauge conversions, and 25 doubling projects) totaling 5,098 km are sanctioned at a cost of ₹89,780 crore.
**Mumbai and Pune Capacity Augmentation**
* **Platform Extensions:** Work has been completed at 34 Mumbai stations to accommodate 15-car EMUs.
* **Station Upgrades:** Significant infrastructure works—including additional platforms, pit lines, and stabling lines—are completed or planned at major hubs like Bandra Terminus, Vasai Road, Kalyan, and Pune Junction.
* **MUTP Progress:** Sanctioned projects under MUTP-II, III, and IIIA (costing over ₹52,000 crore) include new lines (e.g., CSMT-Kurla 5th & 6th lines) and a new coaching terminal at Alandi with 9 platforms.
* **New Rolling Stock:** Procurement has begun for 238 rakes of 12-car trains with automatic doors, sanctioned at a cost of ₹19,293 crore.
**Major Strategic Projects**
* **Bullet Train (MAHSR):** 100% of the required 1,389.5 hectares of land has been acquired. Foundation work is underway at Thane, Virar, and Boisar, while the BKC station excavation is 91% complete.
* **Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC):** 76 km of the Western DFC (New Gholvad to New Vaitarna) has been commissioned, aiming to boost cargo traffic from JNPT to Delhi NCR.
* **Completed Doubling/Conversion:** Major projects such as the Pune-Miraj-Londa doubling and Jabalpur-Gondia gauge conversion are now finished.
**Impact Analysis**
**Commuters and Passengers**
**Impact**
Commuters will experience reduced congestion and increased frequency due to the expansion of 15-car EMU services, new-generation rakes with automatic doors, and the introduction of high-speed rail connectivity.
**Action Required**
Passengers will need to utilize planned multi-modal integration points at stations like BKC to transition between the suburban network, metro lines, and the Bullet Train.
**State Government of Maharashtra**
**Impact**
The state is a critical partner in the delivery of these projects, as delays in land acquisition (notably impacting the Bullet Train until 2021) directly affect project timelines and costs.
**Action Required**
The State Government must ensure the timely processing of land acquisition, forest clearances, and statutory approvals to maintain the current momentum of infrastructure development.
**Logistics and Freight Industry**
**Impact**
The commissioning of the Western DFC and its connectivity to JNPT will significantly increase the capacity to handle container traffic and improve transit times to northern India.
**Action Required**
Industry stakeholders should prepare to leverage the enhanced freight corridors to optimize supply chains and increase cargo throughput to and from the Delhi NCR region.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Railways: The primary government body responsible for the twenty-fold increase in budget allocation to ₹23,778 crore for railway infrastructure and safety works in Maharashtra.
Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project: A high-impact high-speed rail initiative (Bullet Train) involving extensive civil work, station construction, and multi-modal integration across Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP): A major suburban rail initiative, specifically phases II, III, and IIIA, aimed at increasing train handling capacity and passenger carrying capacity in the Mumbai area.
Maharashtra: The central state of applicability for the surge in railway budget and the primary location for numerous sanctioned infrastructure projects, including new lines and track doubling.
Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (Western DFC): A strategic infrastructure project passing through Maharashtra designed to boost cargo and container traffic capacity between the state and the Delhi NCR region.
Ministry of Railways
Railway budget allocation for Maharashtra
surges more than twenty-fold, reaching ₹23,778
crore in 2025-26
Platform extension work has been completed at 34 Mumbai
stations to accommodate 15-car EMUs
Ongoing projects to improve railway infrastructure include the
following locations: Ahilyanagar, Asangaon, Badlapur,
Baramati, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Nagpur, Panvel, Parli Vaijnath,
Tuljapur and Wardha
The Bullet Train project in Maharashtra is achieving
significant milestones, including foundation work at Thane,
Virar, and Boisar stations and excavation work at BKC station
Major railway projects such as Pune-Miraj-Londa doubling
and Jabalpur-Gondia gauge conversion have been
successfully completed
Posted On: 18 MAR 2026 4:41PM by PIB Mumbai
Mumbai, 18 March 2026
The status of railway projects sanctioned in Maharashtra are as under:
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, are sanctioned.
The summary is as under:-
Category No. of Total Length Exp.
sanctioned
Length Commissioned upto Mar'25
Projects
(in Km) Upto Mar'25 (₹ 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:
S. Project Cost
No.
(₹ 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
Ongoing projects:
To further improve the Railway Infrastructure in the state of Maharashtra, following
works have been taken up:-
S. Name of the project Cost (₹ In
No. crore)
1 Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar)-Beed-Parli Vaijnath New 4,957
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) 3,0378 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 3,200 sub urban
trains are handled daily in the 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
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 the 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 (MUTP- 826
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 476
(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
New 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:
Presently, about 33 originating Mail/Express trains are handled daily in the 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 Details1 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:
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project (508 km) is the only HSR
Project 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 (1,389.5 Ha.) for the 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:Gujarat (352 KM):
Item Progress
Foundation 352 kms.
Piers 352 kms.
Girder Casting 342 kms.
Girder Launching 331 kms.
Track Bed Construction 152 kms.
OHE Masts Erection 121 kms.
Maharashtra (156KM):
Item Progress
Foundation 84 kms.
Piers 75 kms.
Girder Casting 12 kms.
Girder Launching 5 kms.
Out of total 12 stations, foundation works have been completed at 8 stations (Vapi,
Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Anand, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, and Sabarmati). In
Maharashtra section, foundation work is in progress at 3 stations (Thane, Virar,
Boisar) and excavation work at BKC station is near completion and Casting of base
slab started.
17 river bridges have been completed. Work is in advance stage for 4 major river
bridges (Narmada, Mahi, Tapti and Sabarmati) in Gujarat & in progress in 4 river
bridges in Maharashtra. Work on Depots (Thane, Surat and Sabarmati) is in full
swing.
Civil works at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) are progressing satisfactorily. Excavation
works have achieved about 91% progress, and concreting works are at various
stages, with 100% completion of the basement slab at Level-4. 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.
To ensure seamless passenger connectivity, the Government has planned multi-
modal integration of Bullet Train stations with the existing Mumbai suburban railway
network and upcoming metro lines. The integration includes passenger connectivitywith Metro Line-2B and Metro Line-3 through convenient pedestrian access at BKC
station.
The Bullet train project is a very complex and technology intensive Project. Exact
timelines for the completion of the project can be reasonably ascertained after the
completion of all associated works of Civil Structures, Track, Electrical, Signaling &
Telecommunication and supply of Trainsets.
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.
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 a particular project site etc.
All these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project/s.
Various steps taken by the Government for effective and speedy implementation of
rail projects include:
Substantial increase in allocation of funds.
Delegation of powers at field level.
Close monitoring of progress of projects at various levels.
Regular follow up with State Governments and concerned authorities for expeditious
land acquisition, forestry and Wildlife clearances and for resolving other issues
pertaining to projects.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting
and Electronics & Information Technology Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a written reply
to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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