Direct rail
link between Kalyan and Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
NAVI MUMBAI: The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has decided
to have direct suburban rail connectivity between Navi Mumbai and Kalyan and
beyond via the trans-harbour network of the Central Railway (CR).
At present, the trans-harbour
service operates on the Thane-Vashi-Nerul-Panvel stretch via Airoli, Ghansoli
and Rabale.
Once the project is completed,
the commuters will not have to change trains at Thane to travel towards Navi Mumbai
or Kalyan.
It is decided that there will be at
least 40 services between Navi Mumbai and Kalyan after the completion of the
project.
There will be a need to construct
a 2-km-long viaduct near Parsik tunnel and this will cost around Rs 300 crore. The
final estimates and the deadline are yet to be worked out.
The CR runs 210 services on the
trans-harbour network, of which four are fast services. A direct Kalyan-Navi
Mumbai link will reduce overcrowding on the main line as well as on the
trans-harbour corridor.
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