Rail Budget 2011: What does Mumbai get?

Mumbai local train commuters have quite some reasons to be pleased with Mamata Banerjee's Rail
Budget 2011.
Here are the highlights of the railway budget that will affect Mumbaikars directly:
  1. Fast corridor on the Harbour line 
  2. New suburban line on the Virar-Diva-Panvel route
  3. A third line on the Kalyan–Kasara stretch
  4. Another line on Pen-Kasu route and Panvel-Apta routes, to be completed by March 
  5. 47 additional services on the Thane-Vashi, Thane-Panvel, Borivali-Virar, Andheri-Virar, Bandra-Virar and Churchgate-Borivali sections will be run. 
  6. It is also proposed to augment 107 suburban services in Mumbai area from the present 9 car EMUs to 12 Car EMUs.

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