New Delhi/Mumbai. According to the big news of the morning, today on Friday at 4:30 pm, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate two additional railway lines connecting Thane and Diva to the nation today through video conferencing. In this regard, the Prime Minister’s Office has informed on Thursday that Prime Minister Modi will also flag off two suburban trains of Mumbai Suburban Railway on this occasion. After these programs, the Prime Minister will also have an address today.
This excellent railway line built at a cost of 620 crores
Actually Kalyan is the main junction of Central Railway. Traffic coming from northern and southern part of the country connects at Kalyan and heads towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSTM). At the same time, out of the four rail routes between Kalyan and CSTM, two tracks were used for slow local trains and two tracks for fast local, mail express and goods trains. Two additional lines were planned to separate suburban and long distance trains.
Also, the statement said that two additional rail lines connecting Thane and Diva have been built at a cost of about Rs 620 crore and include a 1.4 km long rail flyover, three major bridges, 21 minor bridges. These lines will largely remove the disruption of long distance train traffic as well as suburban train traffic in Mumbai. With this, now 36 new suburban trains will also be run in the city.