101 new suburban trains for Mumbai

Union Railway minister Mamata Banerjee has proposed 101 additional services to be introduced with 32 services in Thane/Kalyan to Kasara/Karjat/Khopoli,16 services on the Mainline,18 services on the Harbour line and 35 services on trans-Harbour line.

In Chennai region,new services will be introduced over Chennai Central – Sullurpeta – Chennai Beach,Chennai beach – Velachery- Chennai Beach (on the MRTS),Chennai Beach- Tiruttani – Chennai Central,Chennai Central- Arakkonam- Chennai Central. Work on the extension of MRTS Phase II from Velachary to St. Thomas Mount is in progress and targeted for completion by March 2012.

Similarly,new services will be introduced in Kolkata area in the sections of Sealdah-Kalyani,Sealdah-Canning,Sealdah-Namkhana,Sealdah-Bangaon,Howrah-Tarakeswar-Bandel–Barddhwan,Sealdah–Ranaghat and Sealdah – Kolkata (via Ballygunge- Majerhat–B.B.D. Bagh). A survey will be conducted linking Howrah and Sealdah.