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Mumbai Local News: 6 new railway stations on Uran Line will be opened together soon

With crucial Belapur-Seawoods-Uran, the administration aims to improve the accessibility to the central part of Navi Mumbai from other outlaying areas of the region.

Mumbai Local News: 6 new railway stations on  Uran Line will be opened together soon
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In a significant development, six more suburban railway stations catering to Mumbai local trains will be opened for the public at one go soon.

It will include five on the new extension of the Uran line and Dighe on the Thane-Vashi corridor. All six are in their final stages of completion.

Meanwhile, it is pertinent to note that the first trial run of the local trains on Uran line started on Friday, March 10, 2023. “As far as the Uran route is concerned, final tests of local trains and Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) inspections are underway in sections. The last inspection by CRS was done on March 11 and the line can be opened for traffic soon," said a senior divisional engineer.

The section will be open for passenger trains only after getting approval from the commissioner of railway safety. 

With crucial Belapur-Seawoods-Uran, the administration aims to improve the accessibility to the central part of Navi Mumbai from other outlaying areas of the region. 

The railway project is being done on a cost-sharing basis with the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) of the Maharashtra government. One-third of the project's cost is being borne by Railways while CIDCO is taking care of the rest, reports further mentioned.

Of the 27-km Belapur/Nerul Uran stretch, phase one of the 12.4-km double line is complete till Kharkopar. It was commissioned on November 11, 2018, and presently operates with 40 services.

The remaining portion of 14.60 km from Kharkopar to Uran with five stations is now set to open soon. The total project cost has been approximately INR 2,900 crores.

Dighe station is a part of the elevated corridor planned between Airoli and Kalwa to connect Navi Mumbai Trans-Harbor Line and Main Line. Digha Station is planned between Thane and Airoli stations along the Transharbor Line at the point where Thane Belapur Road crosses the Thane-Vashi line and is the point from where the new elevated line will start.

At present, Central Railway (CR) Mumbai has 80 stations and with this, the tally will go up to 86. And with Western Railway’s total tally of local train stations at 37, the total number of local train stations in Mumbai will now go up to 123.

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