Trans-Harbour line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)

Trans-Harbour line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra Thane, Maharashtra
Termini	Thane Vashi, Panvel
Stations	16
Service
Type	Suburban rail
System	Mumbai Suburban Railway
Services	List Thane–Vashi Thane–Nerul Thane–Belapur Thane–Panvel
Operator(s)	Central Railways (CR)
Rolling stock	Jessop
History
Opened	1993 (1993) (for goods) 9 November 2004 (2004-11-09) (for passengers)
Technical
Line length	38 km (24 mi)
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad gauge
Route map Central line to Diva Junction Thane Creek Thane Central line to Mumbai CSMT Digha Gaon Airoli Rabale Ghansoli Koparkhairane Turbhe Harbour line Sanpada Vashi Harbour line to Mumbai CSMT Juinagar Nerul Seawoods–Darave  Nerul–Uran line CBD Belapur Kharghar Mansarovar Khandeshwar Panvel

The Trans-Harbour line is the link Harbour line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway connects between Navi Mumbai and Thane Operates by Central Railway. Its Termini are Thane, Vashi and Panvel 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 Thane runs parallel with Central Railway line with crossing over Thane creek till just before the Parsik Tunnel where the line turns downwards and runs till Kopar Khairane. At Turbhe, the line branches into two and both are runs parallel with Harbour line. The first line joins at Sanpada and terminates at Vashi. Whereas the second line joints at Juinagar and terminates at Panvel.

The stations of the Trans-Harbour line on the Navi Mumbai side are also well maintained and beautifully designed by CIDCO. Some of the IT offices 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 Navi Mumbai. The development of Navi Mumbai International Airport 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

#	Station Name	Station Code	Platforms	Connections
1	Thane	T/TNA	9 & 10	Central line & Indian Railways
2	Digha	DGH	all	none
3	Airoli	AIRL	all	none
4	Rabale	RABE	all	none
5	Ghansoli	GNSL	all	none
6	Kopar Khairane	KPHN	all	none
7	Turbhe	TUH	all	none
8	Sanpada	SNCR	1 & 2	Harbour line
9	Vashi	V/VSH	1 & 3	Harbour line
10	Juinagar	JNJ	1 & 2	Harbour line
11	Nerul	NU/NEU	1 & 2	Harbour line & Nerul-Uran line
12	Seawoods-Darave	SWDV	2	Harbour line & Nerul-Uran line
13	CBD Belapur	BR/BEPR	3	Harbour line & Nerul-Uran line
14	Kharghar	KHAG	2	Harbour line
15	Mansarovar	MANR	4	Harbour line
16	Khandeshwar	KNDS	2	Harbour line
17	Panvel	PL/PNVL	3 & 4	Harbour line, Vasai Road–Roha line & Indian Railways

See also

• Mumbai Suburban Railway
• List of Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
• Nerul–Uran line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)
• Central Railway