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Panvel
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Panvel Railway Station
Coordinates	18°59′22″N 73°07′20″E / 18.98932°N 73.12229°E / 18.98932; 73.12229Coordinates: 18°59′22″N 73°07′20″E / 18.98932°N 73.12229°E / 18.98932; 73.12229
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways and CIDCO[1]
Line(s)	Harbour Line and Central Railway
Platforms	7 (including 4 island platform and 3 end platform)[1]
Tracks	10
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Yes
Other information
Station code	PNVL (Central), PL (Suburban)
Fare zone	Central Railways
History
Opened	1962
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	1 million[2]
Services
Preceding station   MSR   Following station Khandeshwar toward Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus or Andheri Harbour Line Terminus Kalamboli toward Vasai Road Vasai Road-Roha line Somtane toward Roha Chikhale toward Karjat Central Railway Karjat-Uran line Dapoli toward Uran City
Location
Panvel Location within Maharashtra

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[ v t e ] Harbour line
Legend
Konkan Railway to Roha and Goa to Uran City Panvel Konkan Railway to Karjat and Vasai Road Khandeshwar Mansarovar Taloja River Kharghar CBD Belapur Nerul–Uran line to Uran City Western Line to Dahanu Road Seawoods-Darave planned extension to Borivali Nerul Goregaon Juinagar Ram Mandir Trans-Harbour Line to Thane Jogeshwari Sanpada Line 1 Andheri Vashi Sahar Airport Vile Parle Thane Creek Sahar Airport Santacruz Mankhurd Khar Road Govandi Chembur Line 1 Bandra Tilak Nagar Mithi River Central Line to Thane and Karjat Mahim Kurla LTT Terminus Western Line to Churchgate Central line Chunabhatti King's Circle Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar Line 1 Vadala Road Line 1 Sewri Cotton Green Reay Road Dockyard Road Central line Sandhurst Road Masjid Line 3 Mumbai CST

Central Line
Legend
to Bhusawal–Kalyan section Kasara Umbermali Khardi Thansit Atgaon Asangaon Vasind Bhatsa River Khadavli Kalu River Titwala Ambivli Ulhas River Shahad Waldhuni River Kalyan Vithalwadi Thakurli Ulhasnagar Dombivli Ambarnath to Ahmedabad-Mumbai Main Line Badlapur Western Line Vasai Road Vangani Juchandra Shelu Kaman Road Neral to Matheran Kharbao Bhivpuri Road Bhiwandi Road Karjat Junction Ulhas River to Panvel Junction Kopar Palasdari Diva Junction to Mumbai Dadar– Solapur section Dativali Kelavli Nilaje Dolavli Taloja Lowjee Navade Road Khopoli Kalamboli Mumbra to Karjat Kalwa Panvel Harbour Line to Trans-Harbour Line Somtane Thane Creek Rasayani Thane Apta Trans-Harbour Line Jite Mulund Hamrapur Nahur Pen Bhandup Kasu Kanjurmarg Nagothane Vikhroli Nidi Line 1 to Versova Ghatkopar Roha Vidyavihar to Konkan Railway Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Harbour Line Kurla Harbour Line to Andheri Sion Western Line Matunga Dadar planned Monorail Elphinstone Road Western Line to Churchgate Parel Currey Road Chinchpokli Byculla Harbour Line Sandhurst Road Masjid Line 3 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
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Trans-Harbour line
Legend
Central line to Diva & Kalyan Thane Creek Thane Central line to Mumbai CST Airoli Rabale Ghansoli Kopar Khairane Turbhe Harbour line Sanpada Vashi Harbour line to Mumbai CST Juinagar Nerul Trans-Harbour line extension (under construction) & Seawoods–Darave  Nerul–Uran line under construction CBD Belapur Harbour line to Panvel
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Panvel (Station code: PNVL (central)) is a railway station on the Harbour Line and Central zone of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.

The station inter-connects to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport integrating along with Palm Beach Marg.^[3]Panvel station was originally opened as a rail freight transport in 1962, for limited service to Diva railway station. Regular commuter service began in 1964 for passengers headed to Khopoli.^[4]

Inbound and outbound trains shares a twelve-car platform on the inbound track, requiring Panvel passengers to embark or debark from the forthcoming coaches of outbound trains or the rear coaches of inbound trains. Panvel also serves a parallel route for Karjat railway station which is known as the (Panvel-Karjat route).^[5] The route has been set up for cargo services travelling from Karjat to Navi Mumbai. An in-development terminus of the station had been proposed in 2007.^[6]

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport buses from the station run in both Old and New Panvel. it is expected to increase ridership at Old Panvel from 94% total daily boardings and alightings.^[7] After the success of the bus services, NMMT proposed to expand the bus services from the station.^[8]

History

Inauguration

The station was introduced as the "Panvel-Diva railway line", serving as rail freight transport in 1962 and was used for cargo services. The Indian Railways ministry had commissioned the independent commuter railway services in 1964.^[4] In addition, a number of development activities have been conducted, including track expansions, electrification of the coaches and addition of long-route express trains.

Proposed terminus development

In 2007, the Central Railways ministries had proposed to develop a terminus, serving the inbound and outbound long distance express trains.^[9] According to the general manager, V. K. Kaul, it was announced that the project will be developed with an expenditure of ₹22 crore (US$3.1 million).^[6]City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) stated that the corporation also has a two-third of expenditure on the project and the CR has the major expenditure plan. However, in 2015 the project was re-announced with a total expenditure of ₹126 crore (US$18 million) from the CR ministries.^[10] The CR ministries also stated that the development of the terminus will be completed in 2018.^[10] The terminus also consists two separate platforms for the express trains.^[11]

Services and further development

CIDCO corridor project

CIDCO has implemented a six-corridor railway project including the Mankhurd - Belapur - Panvel Railway Line and Panvel/Belapur - Uran Railway Line. The project will be developed with an expenditure on a ratio of 67:33; ₹466 crore (US$65 million) from Indian Railways and ₹946 crore (US$130 million) from CIDCO,^[12] covering a length of 200 kilometres (120 mi) and occupying 900 hectares of land.^[1]

The Mankhurd - Belapur - Panvel Railway Corridor Line was first commissioned on 25 January 1995 as a single line connecting to Khandeshwar station from Belapur station. The line was subsequently expanded to Panvel on 29 June 1998. On 14 April 2000, the line got subsequently expanded as double line services from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to Panvel.^[13]

The Panvel/Belapur - Uran Corridor Line was originally planned in 1996, but later it was halted due to unknown reasons in 2008.^[12] According to the 2009 reports, the expenses of the project was around ₹1,412.17 crore (US$200 million), including the expenses of constructing foot-over bridges and installation of railway network for Belapur station from the proposed station Sagarganga (Kille).^[14] The planned stations between the route including Seawoods, Sagar Sangam, Targhar, Bamandongari, Kharkopar, Gavhan, Ranjanpada, Nava-Sheva, Dronagiri and Uran with a length of 27 kilometres (17 mi), will be developed in the first phase of the project in 2017.^[15] Due to the scarcity of the land required for the tracks development, a 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) of forest land between Gavhan and Ranjanpada stations will be acquired by the corporation for phase 2 of the development.^[16]

Implementation of shuttle train services

In 2006, the Central Railways ministries had proposed the shuttle train services between Karjat station and Panvel. The plan was implemented as the cargo service trains uses the single track of the Panvel-Karjat route.^[5]
On October 2015, the shuttle train services were started between Diva station and Panvel on the trial basis. Due to the establishment of shuttle train services, the commuters from the New Panvel can travel directly to Diva.^[17][18]
A new shuttle train service is going to be commissioned between Panvel and Bhiwandi / Vasai / Virar stations which is a 70 km project. Currently, there are 13 stations on this route. 11 more stations are to be built after the project commences.

Track elevation

In 2012, CIDCO had proposed a 25 kilometres (16 mi) metro corridor of Navi Mumbai Metro, linking from Belapur to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport.^[19]

However, on January 2016, the CST-Panvel elevated corridor project was proposed by Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MVRC) to connect the route along Palm Beach Marg to the proposed international airport. The corridor, although was originally proposed to link the parallel route between Reay Road and Panvel.^[3] The report was revised on February 2016 of the project and was stated that the corridor will be integrated with the Navi Mumbai Metro, connecting the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport to the proposed airport.^[20][21]

On June 2014, it was announced that the Panvel-Karjat route will get track extension under the phase 3 of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project scheme with an expenditure of ₹1,809 crore (US$250 million).^[22] On February 2015, MVRC approved the extension of tracks with an expenditure of ₹2,024 crore (US$280 million); reducing the distance of the route to 78 kilometres (48 mi).^[23]

Bus connections

The station serves as the major hub from the Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) bus routes serving the Navi Mumbai areas. On August 2015, NMMT and Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) had implemented to start the bus services serving the three major parts of the city from the station, including Sai Nagar, Uran Naka and Palaspa Phata.^[24]

Bus no.	Route (from)	Route (to)
24	New Panvel (east)	Thane[25][26]
111	Panvel station	Mantralaya, Mumbai (proposed from Kalamboli)[27]
59	Vichumbe village	Khandeshwar railway station (via New Panvel(east))
75	Panvel station	Sai Nagar(Old Panvel)
76	Panvel station	karanjade

References

External links

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  Panvel railway station at Wikimapia
  

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