The Trans-Harbour line is the link

Harbour line The Harbour line is a branch line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway operated by Central Railway. It was named so because it catered to the eastern neighbourhoods along the city's natural harbour. Its termini are Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Termin ...

of the

Mumbai Suburban Railway The Mumbai Suburban Railway ( Marathi: मुंबई उपनगरीय रेल्वे) (colloquially called local trains or simply locals) consists of exclusive inner suburban railway lines augmented by commuter rail on main lines ser ...

connects between

Navi Mumbai Navi Mumbai (), is a planned city situated on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent, located in the Konkan division of Maharashtra state, on the mainland of India. Navi Mumbai is part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The city i ...

and

Thane Thane (; also known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city in Maharashtra, India. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Salsette Island. Thane city is entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven taluk ...

Operates by Central Railway. Its Termini are , , and on the Thane–Vashi and Thane–Panvel Routes. This line is also a double line and therefore doesn't have any fast trains on it. Starts from separate platforms lie at the far east in runs parallel with Central Railway line with crossing over

Thane creek Thane Creek (or Thana Creek) is an inlet in the shoreline of the Arabian Sea that isolates the city of Mumbai (Bombay) from the Konkan region of the Indian mainland. It comprises the area between Mumbra Retibunder and the Mankhurd-Vashi Bridg ...

until just before the Parsik Tunnel where the line turns downwards and runs until . At , the line branches into two and both are runs parallel with

. The first line joins at

Sanpada Navi Mumbai (), is a planned city situated on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent, located in the Konkan division of Maharashtra state, on the mainland of India. Navi Mumbai is part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The city i ...

and terminates at

Vashi Juhu Vashi (Pronunciation: �aːʃiː is an upmarket residential and commercial node in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, across the Thane Creek of the Arabian Sea on the outskirts of city of Mumbai. The Juhu Vashi is named after the largest village ...

. Whereas the second line joints at Juinagar and terminates at

Panvel Panvel () is a city and taluka in Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. It is highly populated due to its closeness to Mumbai. Panvel is also governed for development purpose by the body of Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Panvel Municipal Corpor ...

. The stations of the Trans-Harbour line on the Navi Mumbai side are also well maintained and beautifully designed by

CIDCO The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) is an Indian city planning agency and richest government authority in India which is formed and controlled by the Government of Maharashtra. CIDCO was formed on 17 March 197 ...

. Some of the IT, Corporate & commercial office along with Shopping Malls are also above the stations which lie on this route. As of January 2020, After launching AC local on this route there are 262 services operating on the Trans-Harbour line, of which 248 are 12-car Non-AC local services and 16 are 12-car AC local services.

History

The 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 over to CIDCO for the development of towns. To decongest the mother city, Mumbai, CIDCO developed 14 nodes in

. The development of

Navi Mumbai International Airport Navi Mumbai International Airport, officially D. B. Patil International Airport, is an international airport being constructed in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It will serve in parallel as an alternative with Mumbai's existing Chhatrapati S ...

and 6 railway corridors in Navi Mumbai were meant for increasing connectivity between the towns, nodes and mega establishments. The major features of the rail corridor are direct access from residential to railway station 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 form the key features of the commuter railway system in Navi Mumbai. The line was freight-only from 1993 until 2004, when passenger service began. It was formally inaugurated on 9 November 2004 by Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav. On 19 January 2013, the conversion was completed of all ten rakes on the Trans-Harbour line into 12-car trains.

Stations

References

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History

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