SPECIAL| Mumbaikars weigh in on rly's new Mumbai-Pune rail alignment

Updated On: 25 July, 2024 07:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar

As mid-day’s exclusive report about the new Mumbai-Pune alignment stirs a debate, readers add their suggestions, which could make the proposed line even better

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Long-distance trains from CSMT go first to either Kalyan or Diva and then turn towards Pune. FILE PIC

Can Mumbai and Pune be connected via a shorter rail route? In response to an exclusive story on how the ministry of railways has sanctioned a new rail alignment between the two metro cities, mid-day has received an overwhelming number of ideas. Professor Farzan Mazda, a reader, suggested building an Atal Setu-like rail bridge across the Thane creek along the harbour line. For the first time in 160 years, a plan for a completely new rail alignment between Mumbai and Pune to bypass the existing steep ghats and 28 tunnels received a go-ahead over the weekend. Calling it the simpler inclines of 1/100 ‘Sreedharan grade’, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has asked Central Railway (CR) to work on it expeditiously.

Black): The distance between CSMT to Karjat via Kalyan is over 100 km; (Red) Via Kurla and Panvel works out to less than 80 km