Port line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)
Port Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway is a railway line serving between CBD Belapur and Nerul in Navi Mumbai with Uran in Navi Mumbai of India, which is attached to the Harbour line. It was inaugurated on 11 November 2018. Daily services started on 12 November 2018.[1]
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| Owner | CIDCO and Indian Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stations | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | Suburban rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System | Mumbai Suburban Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator(s) | Central Railway (CR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rolling stock | BHEL, Siemens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 11 November 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 26.7 km (16.6 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Character | At Grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrification | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This railway line will help to accelerate the growth of Navi Mumbai, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, and the Newly developed areas of Mumbai And also will cater to the passenger traffic demands generated by Jawaharlal Nehru Port, port-based industries, ONGC, the Defence establishment and other residential, industrial, and warehousing complexes in Uran.
Technical specifications
editThe total length of the corridor is 27 km and consists of 10 stations; 4 major bridges; 5 roads over bridges, 15 roads under bridges, 1 track under bridge.[2] The 270 mt platforms for two Broad gauge (BG) tracks to cater 12-car electric multiple unit rakes with double discharge. The railway track structure shall comprise 60 kg/m I-class rails laid on monoblock prestressed concrete sleepers to 16660/Km sleeper density. The bridges will be built to the Modified Broad gauge (MBG) standard of loading. Stone ballast 65mm gauge with ballast cushion of 300mm below the underside of sleepers will be provided and also provisions are made for one arm of the railway line to go to CBD Belapur. Currently, 4 EMU Rakes ply on this line.
In this railway line project, it divided into two phases :
- The Phase I starts from Nerul and CBD Belapur to Kharkopar with stations are Seawoods, Sagar Sangam, Targhar, Bamandongari and Kharkopar.
- Whereas, Phase II starts from Kharkopar to Uran with stations are Gavhan, Ranjanpada, Nhava-Sheva and Dronagiri.
Status
edit- In Phase-I, Bamandongari and Kharkopar are fully operational and Targhar railway station is still under construction. But the construction of Sagar Sangam railway station is temporarily postponed due to completing the railway line within the time limit of October 2018 till the later phase.[3]
- In Phase-II, the Construction of all stations lying between Kharkopar and Uran is completed except Gavan railway station & flagged of by PM Narendra Modi on 12 January 2024.[4]
History
editThe City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) was appointed as a New Town Development Authority in 1970. The government acquired land from 95 villages and handed it over to CIDCO for the development of towns. To decongest the mother city, Mumbai, CIDCO developed 14 nodes in Navi Mumbai. The development of Navi Mumbai International Airport and 6 railway corridors in Navi Mumbai were meant to increase connectivity between the towns, nodes and mega establishments. The major features of the rail corridor are direct access from residential areas to the railway stations by foot, convenient interchange facility from one corridor to another, double discharge platforms at every station, easy-to-follow routes and comfortable and pleasant journeys from the key features of the commuter railway system in Navi Mumbai.
For that purpose, The railway Project between Belapur- and Nerul-Seawood-Uran was approved by Ministry of Railways and the CIDCO Board. The work on the project began in July 1997. However, due to various unforeseen reasons, the work was delayed and hence stalled, until recently when the project was revived after the tripartite agreement between Railways, CIDCO and Govt. of Maharashtra was executed on 29 July 2011.[5][6][7]
The original estimated cost for the project was ₹495 crore (equivalent to ₹25 billion or US$300 million in 2023) in 1997, which escalated to ₹1,782 crore.[8] The cost is shared by CIDCO and the Indian Railways (67:33).[9]
Construction of Phase-I on this route was begun in the first week of March 2017. After completion of Phase-I, it was commissioned by CRS on 1 November 2018[10] and after, was inaugurated on 11 November 2018 through video conferencing by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis.[11] More than 3000 tickets were sold, with earnings of ₹90,000 (US$1,100) during inauguration day of Phase-I.[12]
Stations
edit| Nerul-Uran line (Port line) | ||||
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| # | Station Name | Station Code | Connections | |
| English | Marathi | |||
| 1 | Nerul† | नेरूळ | NU | Harbour line and Trans-Harbour line |
| 2 | Seawoods–Darave† | सीवूड्स-दरावे | SWDV | Harbour line and Trans-Harbour line |
| 3 | CBD Belapur‡ | सी.बी.डी. बेलापूर | BR | Harbour line and Trans-Harbour line |
| 4 | Sagar Sangam | सागर संगम | SGSGM | Gold Line 8 (Mumbai Metro) and Navi Mumbai Metro |
| 5 | Targhar | तरघर | TRGR | Gold Line 8 (Mumbai Metro) and Navi Mumbai Metro |
| 6 | Bamandongri | बामणडोंगरी | BMDR | None |
| 7 | Kharkopar | खारकोपर | KR | MTHL metro |
| 8 | Gavhan | गव्हाण | GAVN | None |
| 9 | Ranjanpada | रांजणपाडा | RJNPD | None |
| 10 | Nhava Sheva | न्हावा-शेवा | NHVSV | None |
| 11 | Dronagiri | द्रोणागिरी | DRNGR | None |
| 12 | Uran | उरण | URAN | None |
| † - when travelling from/to Nerul ‡ - when travelling from/to Belapur | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Mumbai: First Phase of Nerul-Seawoods-Uran rail line commissioned". Times of India. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "Railway Project". City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ Kulkarni, Neha (27 March 2017). "Seawoods-Uran railway line: CIDCO to skip construction of a station to meet deadline". Indian Express. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "pm modi will show green light to nerul uran railway route". News 18 lokmat.
- ^ "Railways' and CIDCO jointly to fast-track Seawoods-Uran Railway link". RailNews. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ Nair, Binoo (16 March 2017). "Seawoods-Uran line: Dec deadline set". DNA India. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "Mumbai: First phase of Neral-Uran line completed, train services may start by July 2017". www.freepressjournal.in. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ Anvekar, Ankoor (5 January 2015). "Phase 2 of Nerul-Uran corridor could be completed by 2018". mid-day. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "Uran rail link project faces green hurdle - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ Assainar, Raina (1 November 2018). "Nerul-Uran line CRS inspection successful". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Indian Railways Inaugurates New Nerul-Belapur-Seawoods-Kharkopar rail link in Mumbai". Zee Business. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Seawoods-Uran line in Mumbai over 3000 tickets sold on Day 1". Indian Express. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2020.