Thane: In a historic moment for Central Railway suburban commuter, the fifth rail corridor between Thane and diva 14 hours. The operation has been started in the down direction from Sunday after infrastructure block Which will now help in improving traffic movement between Mumbai and the extended suburbs.
The sixth line and final phase of the corridor expansion project will become active next month after a major block, leading to complete separation of suburban and outstation train, freight traffic on the Kalyan-Kurla section. Shiv Sena MP, Dr. Shrikant Shinde informed.
“The old down direction line between Thane and Diva which was left idle after the slow tracks were moved to the new corridor has now been converted for all fast local trains headed towards Kalyan. Mail express and goods trains coming from LTT and Trombay will use the fifth corridor passing through the Parsik tunnel,” said Shivaji Sutar, head PRO of Central Railway.
Sutar said outstation trains running from Dadar and Mumbai CSMT can either be operated through the newly activated Down fast line passing through Kalwa and Mumbra or can be diverted through the Parsik tunnel route depending on the situation.
MRVC chief PRO Sunil Udasi said around 500 workers were pressed into services, including cutting and connecting railway lines in Thane and Diva, as well as re-working on allied systems including signals among others. Udasi said a 72-hour block scheduled in early February will be used to activate the last phase of the corridor, converting the redundant up slow line into a fast line between Diva and Thane.
“The entire suburban and outstation traffic between LTT and Kalyan will be separated by mid-February, which will go a long way in improving the movement of suburban traffic between Mumbai and extended suburbs as it connects with local people on freight and outstation train paths. will reduce the overlapping of K,” said Shiva. Shiv Sena MP Dr Shrikant Shinde.
Experts said the expansion of the corridor for the Mumbai suburban section was planned two decades ago in view of the rapid growth in commuter volumes. Additional lines between Kurla-Kalyan will be operational from next month, which will reduce the traffic pressure here, all eyes are on the next phase of expansion between Kurla and CSMT, which will completely replace the lines for faster movement of trains. necessary to separate.
Siddhesh Desai, a passenger from Kalwa said that the expansion of the corridor is a huge boon for the commuters of Kalwa and Mumbra, who will probably get access to more trains as fast trains are also likely to stop at these stations in future.
The sixth line and final phase of the corridor expansion project will become active next month after a major block, leading to complete separation of suburban and outstation train, freight traffic on the Kalyan-Kurla section. Shiv Sena MP, Dr. Shrikant Shinde informed.
“The old down direction line between Thane and Diva which was left idle after the slow tracks were moved to the new corridor has now been converted for all fast local trains headed towards Kalyan. Mail express and goods trains coming from LTT and Trombay will use the fifth corridor passing through the Parsik tunnel,” said Shivaji Sutar, head PRO of Central Railway.
Sutar said outstation trains running from Dadar and Mumbai CSMT can either be operated through the newly activated Down fast line passing through Kalwa and Mumbra or can be diverted through the Parsik tunnel route depending on the situation.
MRVC chief PRO Sunil Udasi said around 500 workers were pressed into services, including cutting and connecting railway lines in Thane and Diva, as well as re-working on allied systems including signals among others. Udasi said a 72-hour block scheduled in early February will be used to activate the last phase of the corridor, converting the redundant up slow line into a fast line between Diva and Thane.
“The entire suburban and outstation traffic between LTT and Kalyan will be separated by mid-February, which will go a long way in improving the movement of suburban traffic between Mumbai and extended suburbs as it connects with local people on freight and outstation train paths. will reduce the overlapping of K,” said Shiva. Shiv Sena MP Dr Shrikant Shinde.
Experts said the expansion of the corridor for the Mumbai suburban section was planned two decades ago in view of the rapid growth in commuter volumes. Additional lines between Kurla-Kalyan will be operational from next month, which will reduce the traffic pressure here, all eyes are on the next phase of expansion between Kurla and CSMT, which will completely replace the lines for faster movement of trains. necessary to separate.
Siddhesh Desai, a passenger from Kalwa said that the expansion of the corridor is a huge boon for the commuters of Kalwa and Mumbra, who will probably get access to more trains as fast trains are also likely to stop at these stations in future.
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