Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today will flag off two suburban trains of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. The Prime Minister will also dedicate to the Nation two additional railway lines connecting Thane and Diva via video conferencing today, says PMO in press release.
Built at a cost of about Rs 620 crores, the additional railway lines will remove the interference of long distance train’s traffic with suburban train’s traffic in Mumbai. It features 1.4 km long rail flyover, 3 major bridges and 21 minor bridges.
Moreover, the tracks will enable introduction of 36 new suburban trains.
The traffic coming from North side and Southern side of the country merge at Kalyan, which is the main junction of Central Railway, and moves towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. “To segregate suburban and long distance trains, two additional tracks were planned.,” PMO said.