Port line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway is a railway line serving from CBD Belapur and Nerul in Navi Mumbai through South Navi Mumbai to Uran of Maharashtra, which is a branch line of Harbour line. It was inaugurated on 11 November 2018 and daily services started on 12 November 2018.
This railway line will help to accelerate the growth of Navi Mumbai, Jawaharlal Nehru Port and the Newly developed areas of Navi Mumbai and also will cater to the passenger traffic demands generated by Jawaharlal Nehru Port, port-based industries, ONGC, the Defence establishment and other residential, industrial, and warehousing complexes in Ulwe and Uran
Technical specifications The total length of the corridor is and consists of ten stations; four major bridges; five roads over bridges, 15 roads under bridges, one track under bridge. The platforms for two Broad gauge (BG) tracks to cater 12-car electric multiple unit rakes with double discharge. The railway track structure shall comprise I-class rails laid on monoblock prestressed concrete sleepers to sleeper density. The bridges will be built to the Modified Broad gauge (MBG) standard of loading. Stone ballast gauge with ballast cushion of below the underside of sleepers will be provided and also provisions are made for one branch of the railway line to go to CBD Belapur. Currently, 4 EMU rakes ply on this line.
This railway line project is divided into three phases : Phase I starts from Nerul and CBD Belapur to Kharkopar with station halt at Seawoods-Darave-Karave, Bamandongri and Kharkopar. Phase II starts from Kharkopar to Uran with station halt at Shematikhar, Nhava Sheva, Dronagiri and Uran. In Phase III, Targhar and Gavan stations were started.
Status In Phase I, Bamandongri and Kharkopar are fully operational and Targhar railway station was still under construction.
In Phase II, the Construction of all stations lying between Kharkopar and Uran were completed except Gavan railway station and flagged of by PM Narendra Modi on 12 January 2024.
In Phase III, Targhar and Gavan stations were started fully operational from 15 December 2025.
History The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) was appointed as a New Town Development Authority in 1970. The government acquired land from 95 villages and handed it over to CIDCO for the development of towns. To decongest city centre, Mumbai, CIDCO developed 14 nodes in Navi Mumbai. The development of Navi Mumbai International Airport and six railway corridors in Navi Mumbai were meant to increase connectivity between the towns, nodes and mega establishments. The major features of the rail corridor are direct access from residential areas to the railway stations 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 from the key features of the commuter railway system in Navi Mumbai.
The railway Project between CBD Belapur and Nerul-Seawoods-Uran was approved by Ministry of Railways and the CIDCO Board. The work on the project began in July 1997. However, due to various unforeseen reasons, the work was delayed and hence stalled, until recently when the project was revived after the tripartite agreement between Railways, CIDCO and Govt. of Maharashtra was executed on 29 July 2011.
The original estimated cost for the project was in 1997, which escalated to 1,782 crore. The cost is shared by CIDCO and the Indian Railways, 67:33.
Construction of Phase I on this route began in the first week of March 2017. After completion of Phase I, it was commissioned by CRS on 1 November 2018 and after, was inaugurated on 11 November 2018 through video conferencing by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis. More than 3,000 tickets were sold, with earnings of during inauguration day of Phase I.
Stations Port line Station Name StationCode Connections English Marathi † नेरूळ NU/NEU and † सीवूड्स-दारावे-करावे SWDK and ‡ सी.बी.डी. बेलापूर BR/BEPR , and Navi Mumbai Metro तरघर TRGR Navi Mumbai International Airport बामणडोंगरी BMDR none खारकोपर KR/KARP none गव्हाण GAVN none शेमटीखार SEMK none न्हावा शेवा NESA none द्रोणागिरी DRGI none उरण U/URAN none
Services
Up services Train No. Departure Origin Arrival Destination 99702 5:30 Uran 6:03 C.B.D. Belapur 99602 6:10 Uran 6:44 Nerul 99704 6:40 Uran 7:13 C.B.D. Belapur 99604 7:15 Uran 7:49 Nerul 99706 7:45 Uran 8:18 C.B.D. Belapur 99606 8:15 Uran 8:49 Nerul 99708 8:45 Uran 9:18 C.B.D. Belapur 99608 9:15 Uran 9:49 Nerul 99710 9:45 Uran 10:18 C.B.D. Belapur 99610 10:15 Uran 10:49 Nerul 99712 11:15 Uran 11:48 C.B.D. Belapur 99612 12:15 Uran 12:49 Nerul 99714 13:15 Uran 13:48 C.B.D. Belapur 99614 14:15 Uran 14:49 Nerul 99716 15:15 Uran 15:48 C.B.D. Belapur 99616 16:15 Uran 16:49 Nerul 99718 17:15 Uran 17:48 C.B.D. Belapur 99618 18:00 Uran 18:34 Nerul 99720 18:35 Uran 19:08 C.B.D. Belapur 99620 19:05 Uran 19:39 Nerul 99722 19:35 Uran 20:08 C.B.D. Belapur 99622 20:05 Uran 20:39 Nerul 99724 20:50 Uran 21:23 C.B.D. Belapur 99624 21:35 Uran 22:09 Nerul 99726 22:30 Uran 23:03 C.B.D. Belapur
Down services Train No. Departure Origin Arrival Destination 99701 5:30 C.B.D. Belapur 6:03 Uran 99601 6:15 Nerul 6:49 Uran 99703 6:45 C.B.D. Belapur 7:18 Uran 99603 7:15 Nerul 7:49 Uran 99705 7:45 C.B.D. Belapur 8:18 Uran 99605 8:15 Nerul 8:49 Uran 99707 8:45 C.B.D. Belapur 9:18 Uran 99607 9:15 Nerul 9:49 Uran 99709 9:45 C.B.D. Belapur 10:18 Uran 99609 10:45 Nerul 11:19 Uran 99711 11:30 C.B.D. Belapur 12:03 Uran 99713 13:00 C.B.D. Belapur 13:33 Uran 99611 13:45 Nerul 14:19 Uran 99715 14:45 C.B.D. Belapur 15:18 Uran 99613 15:45 Nerul 16:19 Uran 99717 17:00 C.B.D. Belapur 17:33 Uran 99615 17:30 Nerul 18:04 Uran 99617 18:00 Nerul 18:34 Uran 99719 18:30 C.B.D. Belapur 19:03 Uran 99619 19:00 Nerul 19:34 Uran 99721 19:30 C.B.D. Belapur 20:03 Uran 99621 20:00 Nerul 20:34 Uran 99723 20:45 C.B.D. Belapur 21:18 Uran 99623 21:30 Nerul 22:04 Uran 99725 22:30 C.B.D. Belapur 23:03 Uran
See also Mumbai Suburban Railway List of Mumbai Suburban Railway stations Harbour line (Mumbai Suburban Railway) Trans-Harbour line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)
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