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Rail Budget: Two new corridors planned for Mumbai suburban train

Rail Budget: Two new corridors planned for Mumbai suburban train

| | 25 Feb 2016, 04:38 pm
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS) Railways Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu while presenting Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament on Thursday said that two new corridors for Mumbai suburban train- Churchgate- Virar and CSTM – Panvel has been planned.

The two corridors will be elevated and will greatly help in reducing the congestion of the Suburban trains.

The CSTM – Panvel corridor will be integrated with metro lines for connecting Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport and proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport. all low level platforms in Mumbai suburban stations in the ensuing financial year to address safety concerns.

Prabhu also said that ongoing Metro works in Kolkata of around 100 kms which when completed would quadruple the installed capacity.

He was happy to announce that Phase I of East West corridor of Kolkata Metro would be completed by June 2018.

Prabhu proposed to review the Ring Railway system in Delhi, comprising 21 stations in partnership with the State Government.

He suggested a new investment framework in which Indian Railways would share equity contribution with the State Governments to ensure cost neutrality on operations.
 

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