Mumbai Local News: Chinchpokli, Matunga, Parel, Vadala Road and Shahad Stations Get Major Upgrades

Mumbai Live Team
Dec 4, 3:30 PM IST
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Development works at railway stations in Maharashtra under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme are progressing at a rapid pace. Till date, improvement works at 15 stations in the state have been completed—namely Amgaon, Chanda Fort, Chinchpokli, Devlali, Dhule, Kedgaon, Lasalgaon, Lonand Junction, Matunga, Murtizapur Junction, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction, Parel, Savda, Shahad and Vadala Road. The Ministry of Railways, under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, is undertaking long-term, phased redevelopment of railway stations across the country, with 132 stations in Maharashtra included among the 1337 stations identified nationwide.

The works at other stations have also been taken up at good pace and progress of some of the above stations is as given below:

Wathar station: The works of new portico, improvement of station building, water booth, new main entry gate, parking area, circulating area, improvement of entrance lobby, compound wall of parking area, platform shelter at platform no. 1, platform surfacing, improvement of waiting room, signages and station illumination have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.
Nandgaon station: The works of entrance and exit gate, platform surfacing, platform shelter, improvement of station building, booking office, Foot Over Bridge, boundary wall, circulating area, parking area, signage and lighting have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.
Nandura station: The works of platform surfacing, platform shelter, booking office, entrance gate, improvement of waiting hall, toilet, station building, circulating area, parking area, signages, coach indication board, station illumination and boundary wall have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.
Hadapsar station: The works of new station building, waiting hall, 12 m Foot Over Bridge, underground tank, platform shelter, improvement of platform surfacing, circulating area, station illumination, signages, lifts, escalators and landscaping have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.
Baramati station: The works of platform shelter, septic tank, toilet, compound wall, water booth, improvement of booking office, platform surfacing, waiting room, portico, circulating area, signages and station illumination have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.

The name of stations identified for development under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in the state of Maharashtra are as following:

No. of Stations	Name of Stations
132	Ahmednagar, Ajni (Nagpur), Akalkot Road, Akola, Akurdi, Amalner, Amgaon, Amravati, Andheri, Badnera, Balharshah, Bandra Terminus, Baramati, Belapur, Bhandara Road, Bhokar, Bhusawal, Borivali, Byculla, Chalisgaon, Chanda Fort, Chandrapur, Charni Road, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Chinchpokli, Chinchwad, Dadar (CR), Dadar (WR), Dahisar, Daund, Dehu Road, Devlali, Dhamangaon, Dharangaon, Dharashiv, Dharmabad, Dhule, Diva, Dudhani, Gangakher, Godhani, Gondia, Grant Road, Hadapsar, Hatkanangale, Hazur Sahib Nanded, Himayatnagar , Hinganghat, Hingoli Deccan, Igatpuri, Jalgaon, Jalna, Jeur, Jogeshwari, Kalyan Junction, Kamptee, Kandivali, Kanjur Marg, Karad, Katol, Kedgaon, Kinwat, Kopargaon, Kurduwadi Junction, Kurla Junction, Lasalgaon, Latur, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Lonand Junction, Lonavla, Lower Parel, Malad, Malkapur, Manmad Junction, Manwath Road , Marine Lines, Matunga, Miraj Junction, Mudkhed Junction, Mumbai Central, Mumbra, MurtizapurJunction, Nagarsol, Nagpur Junction, Nandgaon, Nandura, Nandurbar, NarkherJunction, Nashik Road, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction, Pachora Junction, Palghar, Pandharpur, Panvel Junction, Parbhani Junction, Parel, Parli Vaijnath, Partur, Phaltan, Prabhadevi, PulgaonJunction, Pune Junction, Purna Junction, Raver, Rotegaon , Sainagar Shirdi, Sandhurst Road, Sangli, Satara, Savda, Selu , Sewagram, Shahad, Shegaon, Shivaji Nagar Pune, Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus Kolhapur, Solapur, Talegaon, Thakurli, Thane, Titvala, Tumsar Road, Umri, Uruli, Vadala Road, Vidyavihar, Vikhroli, Wadsa, Wardha, Washim, Wathar

No. of Stations

Name of Stations

132

Ahmednagar, Ajni (Nagpur), Akalkot Road, Akola, Akurdi, Amalner, Amgaon, Amravati, Andheri, Badnera, Balharshah, Bandra Terminus, Baramati, Belapur, Bhandara Road, Bhokar, Bhusawal, Borivali, Byculla, Chalisgaon, Chanda Fort, Chandrapur, Charni Road, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Chinchpokli, Chinchwad, Dadar (CR), Dadar (WR), Dahisar, Daund, Dehu Road, Devlali, Dhamangaon, Dharangaon, Dharashiv, Dharmabad, Dhule, Diva, Dudhani, Gangakher, Godhani, Gondia, Grant Road, Hadapsar, Hatkanangale, Hazur Sahib Nanded, Himayatnagar , Hinganghat, Hingoli Deccan, Igatpuri, Jalgaon, Jalna, Jeur, Jogeshwari, Kalyan Junction, Kamptee, Kandivali, Kanjur Marg, Karad, Katol, Kedgaon, Kinwat, Kopargaon, Kurduwadi Junction, Kurla Junction, Lasalgaon, Latur, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Lonand Junction, Lonavla, Lower Parel, Malad, Malkapur, Manmad Junction, Manwath Road , Marine Lines, Matunga, Miraj Junction, Mudkhed Junction, Mumbai Central, Mumbra, MurtizapurJunction, Nagarsol, Nagpur Junction, Nandgaon, Nandura, Nandurbar, NarkherJunction, Nashik Road, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction, Pachora Junction, Palghar, Pandharpur, Panvel Junction, Parbhani Junction, Parel, Parli Vaijnath, Partur, Phaltan, Prabhadevi, PulgaonJunction, Pune Junction, Purna Junction, Raver, Rotegaon , Sainagar Shirdi, Sandhurst Road, Sangli, Satara, Savda, Selu , Sewagram, Shahad, Shegaon, Shivaji Nagar Pune, Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus Kolhapur, Solapur, Talegaon, Thakurli, Thane, Titvala, Tumsar Road, Umri, Uruli, Vadala Road, Vidyavihar, Vikhroli, Wadsa, Wardha, Washim, Wathar

The scheme involves preparation of master plans and their implementation in phases to improve the stations. The master planning includes:

Improvement of access to station and circulating areas
Integration of station with both sides of city
Improvement of station building
Improvement of waiting halls, toilets, sitting arrangement, water booths
Provision of wider foot over bridge/air concourse commensurate with passenger traffic
Provision of lift/escalators/ramp
Improvement /Provision of platform surface and cover over platforms
Provision of kiosks for local products through schemes like ‘One Station One Product’
Parking areas, Multimodal integration
Amenities for Divyangjans
Better passenger information systems
Provision of executive lounges, nominated spaces for business meetings, landscaping, etc. keeping in view the necessity at each station.

Further, development / upgradation / modernization of stations including Amrit Bharat Station Scheme is generally funded under Plan Head-53 ‘Customer Amenities’. The details of allocation and expenditure under Plan Head-53 are maintained Zonal Railway-wise and not work-wise or station-wise or state-wise. The state of Maharashtra is covered under the jurisdiction of four railway zones, namely, Central Railway, South Central Railway, South East Central Railway and Western Railway. For the last three years and the current year, ₹ 11,190 crore has been allocated while an expenditure of ₹ 9,198 crore has been incurred during the last three years and current year (up to October, 2025).