C R plans Rs. 176-cr new station at GTB Nagar

The Central Railway plans to shift to a brand new railway station a few metres north of the Guru Tegh Bahadur (GTB) Nagar in Mumbai to accommodate a new track, The Rs 176.81 crore project will take a couple of years to complete. Adding a new line under the existing road over bridge is next to impossible, requiring several permissions, and shutting down a major city road and cost escalation. The shift, planned for Guru Tegh Bahadur (GTB) Nagar station on the Harbour line of the Central Railway, would enhance connectivity and more foot over-bridges and entry-exit points. A senior Central Railway official said that an entire suburban station is being moved to avoid major alterations. A new 4.41km goods line has been planned between Wadala and Kurla to improve connectivity between the Mumbai Port Trust line at Wadala and the fifth and sixth line at Kurla built ahead of the commissioning of the Offshore Container Terminal (OCT) project. The change will not disturb traffic as the existing middle platform will be done away with partially, and two additional platforms will be made a few metres on the northern fringes.