Railways Puts Mumbai Suburban train travel on fast track
Railways Puts Mumbai Suburban train travel on fast track - Provides Rs.5,300Cr For Modernisation Under Mutp-II
In what can provide succour to lakhs of communiters, Indian Railways (IR) has provided Rs.5,300 crore for modernisation and improvement of suburban services under the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP-II)
The railways intends to starts 300 suburban services using improved infrastructure and new trains under the world Bank-funded MUTP. Although railway ministry officials said allocation would be made in real sense from this year.
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In the last four years, the railways intends to lay the fifth and sixth lines from CST to Kurla and Thane to Diva. As of now, work is on in full swing to lay an additional pair of tracks between Thane and Kurla as part of MUTP-I.
MUTP-II also envisages laying the sixth line between Borivali and Mumbai Central. Work on extending the Harbour Line from Andheri to Goregaon has already started using surplus funds from MUTP-I, said officials in the Mumbai Railways Vikas Corporation(MRVC).
Railway officials said laying additional tracks under MUTP-II would segregate suburban train operations from the Main Line mail/express trains and freight services.
MRVC would also use part of the funds MUTP-II to convert power supply from 1,500-volt direct current (DC) to 25,000-volt alternate current (AC) to run suburban trains faster. MRVC has finished DC to AC conversion on a majority of the Western Railways(WR) net work under MUTP-I. The funds under MUTP-II will be used to finished the DC to AC conversion on the Thane-CST section oc Central Railways, said officials.
MRVC would continue to get new rakes under MUTP-II. Mumbai will get 7812-coach trains, said an official.
Lalus Bag Of Goodies
New Services: The railways intends to start 300 suburban services.
Hi-Tech Rakes: Mumbai will get 72 12-coach trains under MUPT-II
More Tracks: Laying of the fifth and sixth lines from CST to Kurla and Thane to Diva.
Big Money: Rs.9000 Crore has been allotted in the last four years under MUTP.
City gets 7 New Outstation trains.
What The Budget Means - Fare Deal
Mumbai to Bangalore
2006 2007 2008 2009
AC-1 2603 2603 2376 2328
AC-2 1502 1502 1440 1411
AC-3 1061 1061 1031 1010
SLEEPER 397 397 377 369
Mumbai to Delhi (Rajdhani)
2006 2007 2008 2009
AC-1 3500 3405 3305 3238
AC-2 2040 2005 1975 1935
AC-3 1495 1495 1495 1465
New Services From City
1.Mumbai-Karwar Superfast
2.Mumbai-Varanasi Superfast
3.Mumbai-Bikaner Superfast
4.Mumbai-Gorakhpur Superfast
5.Mumbai-Jodhpur Express
6.Mumbai-Tirunelveli Via Thiruvananthapuram
7.Mumbai-Machilipatnam Superfast.
Source : Times of India
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