The Union minister of state for Railways Raosaheb Danve has announced that a new Vande Bharat semi-high speed express train will be operated between Mumbai and Goa.
This development came after the delegation of legislators met Danve on Friday, March 3, said Niranjan Davkhare, a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council representing the Konkan graduate’s constituency in an official statement.
With an aim to reduce travel time, this new Vande Bharat Express train will be operational between Mumbai and Goa on the lines of the ones newly launched on Mumbai-Solarpur and Mumabi-Shirdi routes.
The electrification of the Mumbai-Goa railway route has been completed and the new train service will be introduced following an inspection, the minister further added.
In addition to this, the delegation discussed several issues concerning railways in Thane and Konkan region with the minister during the meeting.
Issues like allotment of stalls to the railway project-affected persons or their relatives, mobile stalls at each railway station for farmers, raising the height of platforms to reduce the gap between them and trains, taking measures to prevent flooding due to the railway bridge at Mahad in Raigad, also came up for discussion, the release said.
Besides, the delegation raised the issue of extending the Sawantwadi-Diva train service to Dadar, rehabilitating people residing along railway tracks through the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme, and renaming Mumbra station in Thane to Mumbra Devi station. The minister gave assurance that once the state government submits a proposal regarding the renaming, appropriate action will be taken.
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