Mumbai: Five railway train stations to get redeveloped

Indian Railways has kickstarted the first phase of the process for redevelopment of 20 railway stations, including 5 stations of Mumbai – three on the Western Railway and two on Central Railway. Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu launched the plan through video conferencing from New Delhi on Wednesday.

In all, four stations of Western Railway are on the cards to be redeveloped, of which three are in Mumbai, i.e Mumbai Central, Bandra Terminus & Borivali stations and the last being Indore of Ratlam division. 

On the Central Railway, the stations chosen are Kurla Terminus, Thane and Pune. The indicative project cost for redevelopment of Indore station is Rs 75 crore, while the vacant land available for commercial exploitation and relocation at Indore station is 32375 sqm.

Under the project, Indian Railways have planned to modernise 400 railway stations throughout the country and equip them with state-of-the-art facilities and swanky world-class amenities. The project broadly includes redevelopment of railway stations by commercially exploiting the encumbrance free land and airspace at each station. Stations will be developed as per international standards, providing comfort and convenience to passengers and other stakeholders. The redevelopment of stations will primarily consist of upgrading the level of passenger amenities by new constructions / renovations and include redevelopment of station buildings, platform surfaces, circulating area, etc. to better serve the needs of the passengers. These stations will be made under the public–private partnership model and be on the Swiss challenge method in executing the project.