Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) is an Indian

public sector undertaking A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the government ...

responsible to execute railway projects under Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) as sanctioned by

Ministry of Railways A Ministry of Railways is a Cabinet department that exists or has existed in many Commonwealth states as well as others. It generally occurs in countries where railroad transportation is a particularly important part of the national infrastructur ...

for enhancing suburban rail transportation. It was incorporated under Companies Act, 1956 on 12 July 1999 with an

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of Rs. 25 crore shared in the ratio of 51:49 between

and Government of Maharashtra. MRVC is also involved in the planning and development of Mumbai Suburban Rail system. The main objectives of MUTP are: * Bringing down the passengers per 9 coach to 3000 as against existing 5000. * Segregate the suburban train operation from the main line passenger and freight services

Objectives

*Integrate suburban rail capacity enhancement plans with urban development plan for Mumbai and propose investments. *Implement the rail infrastructure projects in Mumbai suburban sections. *Commercially develop Railway land and airspace in Mumbai area to raise funds for suburban railway development. *Resettlement & Rehabilitation of Project Affected Households.

Overview

The Suburban Railway System in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

is the most complex, densely loaded and intensively used system in the world. It also known as Mumbai Local. It has the highest passenger density in the world – 7.2 million commuters travel every day. Two zonal Railways, Western Railway (WR) and Central Railway (CR), operate the Mumbai Suburban Railway System. It is spread over an expanse of 319 route km. The suburban services are run by Electric Multiple Units (EMUs). 196 rakes (train sets) of 9-car, 12-car & 15-car composition are used to run more than 2600 train services. It was operated on 1500 volt DC power supply from overhead catenary (until April 2016 when the whole network was converted into 25 kV, 50 Hz AC).

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* {{Indian Railways Companies based in Mumbai Railway companies of India Railway companies established in 1999 1999 establishments in Maharashtra Rail transport in Mumbai Government-owned companies of India