100 new local train services can be expected by the passengers travelling on the Central Railway’s mainline between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Kalyan station. The work on the fifth and sixth railway line corridors between Thane and Diva railway stations is expected to be completed this year. 

Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has completed the work of laying 17 of the 20-km-long tracks for the additional railway lines between Thane and Diva railway stations. After the completion of the railway lines along with the segregation of outstation trains at Kalyan yard, 100 new local train services are likely to be introduced between CSMT and Kalyan station. The girder-placing for a flyover at Mumbra, required for the construction of the railway lines, has been undertaken by MRVC and will be launched by the second week of this month and is expected to be completed by February. 

After the completion of laying of the tracks and construction of the bridges, MRVC and CR will take over the blocks to connect the railway lines with Thane and Diva suburban railways stations. The proposal to introduce fifth and sixth railway lines between Thane and Diva railway stations was sanctioned in 2008 and is a part of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-2B. The estimated cost of the project has now increased from Rs 130 crore to Rs 440 crore.

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