The Vasai Road–Roha line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway is a public transit system. It connects the northern suburbs of Mumbai with Navi Mumbai and Roha on the Konkan Railway. The Vasai Road–Roha line connects the Western line station of Vasai Road with the Central line station of Roha, which is the last station before Konkan Railway starts.
| Vasai Road–Roha line | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Status | Operational |
| Owner | Indian Railway |
| Locale | Palghar district Raigad district Thane district |
| Termini | |
| Stations | 23 |
| Service | |
| System | Mumbai Suburban Railway |
| Operator(s) | Central Railway (CR) Western Railway (WR) |
| Technical | |
| Number of tracks | 2 |
| Character | At grade |
| Track gauge | 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge |
| Electrification | Yes |
| Operating speed | 100 km/h (62 mph) |
It intersects the main line of the Central line at Diva Junction. The MEMUs operate between Panvel–Dahanu Road MEMU, Panvel–Vasai Road MEMU, Diva–Panvel Passenger and Vasai Road–Diva DEMU. It consists of 23 stations from Vasai Road in the north to Roha in the south.[1][2][3][4]
Electrification
editThe electrification of Diva to Vasai Road line was completed in 1982-83,[5] followed by Diva to Panvel line in 1991-92.[6] Both of those lines used the 1500 V DC traction to match with the Mumbai division's standard. They were converted to 25 kV AC only in early 2004 to facilitate the running of freight trains hauled by AC locos because that section sees a huge amount of freight traffic, especially high-speed container trains called ConRaj or Container Rajdhani's between the JNPT/Nhava Sheva ports in Navi Mumbai and the Inland Container Depot at Tughlakabad.[7]
Stations
edit| Vasai Road–Roha line | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Station name | Station code | Connections | |
| English | Marathi | |||
| 1 | Vasai Road | वसई रोड | BSR | Western and Indian Railways |
| 2 | Juchandra | जुचंद्र | JCNR | None |
| 3 | Kaman Road | कामण रोड | KARD | None |
| 4 | Kharbao | खारबाव | KHBV | None |
| 5 | Bhiwandi Road | भिवंडी रोड | BIRD | None |
| 6 | Kopar | कोपर | KOPR | Central |
| 7 | Diva Junction | दिवा जंक्शन | DIVA | Central |
| 8 | Dativali | दातिवली | DTVL | None |
| 9 | Nilaje | निळजे | NIIJ | None |
| 10 | Taloje Panchnand | तळोजे पांचनंद | TPND | Navi Mumbai Metro |
| 11 | Navde Road | नावडे रोड | NVRD | None |
| 12 | Kalamboli | कळंबोली | KLMC | None |
| 13 | Panvel | पनवेल | PNVL | Harbour, Trans-Harbour and Indian Railways |
| 14 | Somatne | सोमाटणे | SMNE | None |
| 15 | Rasayani | रसायनी | RSYI | None |
| 16 | Apta | आपटा | APTA | None |
| 17 | Jite | जिते | JITE | None |
| 18 | Hamrapur | हमरापूर | HMRR | None |
| 19 | Pen | पेण | PEN | None |
| 20 | Kasu | कासू | KASU | None |
| 21 | Nagothane | नागोठणे | NGTN | None |
| 22 | Nidi | निडी | NIDI | None |
| 23 | Roha | रोहे | ROHA | Konkan Railway |
Services
edit| Train No. | Departure | Origin | Arrival | Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61010 | 5:15 | Roha | 7:45 | Diva |
| 61002 | 5:49 | Dombivli | 8:20 | Boisar |
| 61016 | 6:40 | Roha | 9:10 | Diva |
| 61024 | 6:45 | Pen | 8:30 | Diva |
| 69165 | 9:20 | Panvel | 11:05 | Vasai Road |
| 61018 | 10:30 | Panvel | 11:10 | Diva |
| 61004 | 11:30 | Diva | 12:30 | Vasai Road |
| 61020 | 13:55 | Pen | 15:30 | Diva |
| 61006 | 14:33 | Diva | 15:25 | Vasai Road |
| 69167 | 14:35 | Panvel | 16:10 | Vasai Road |
| 61012 | 15:55 | Roha | 18:50 | Diva |
| 61022 | 16:25 | Diva | 17:25 | Vasai Road |
| 61008 | 17:55 | Diva | 18:55 | Vasai Road |
| 61026 | 18:05 | Pen | 19:40 | Diva |
| 69161 | 19:05 | Panvel | 22:30 | Dahanu Road |
| Train No. | Departure | Origin | Arrival | Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69164 | 5:25 | Dahanu Road | 8:55 | Panvel |
| 61001/3 | 8:35 | Boisar | 10:50 | Diva |
| 61011 | 8:45 | Diva | 11:05 | Roha |
| 61017 | 9:10 | Diva | 9:50 | Panvel |
| 61023 | 9:40 | Diva | 11:15 | Pen |
| 61019 | 11:20 | Diva | 12:55 | Pen |
| 69168 | 12:10 | Vasai Road | 13:45 | Panvel |
| 61005 | 12:55 | Vasai Road | 13:55 | Diva |
| 61007 | 15:35 | Vasai Road | 16:35 | Diva |
| 69166 | 16:40 | Vasai Road | 18:25 | Panvel |
| 61021 | 17:35 | Vasai Road | 18:35 | Diva |
| 61015 | 18:45 | Diva | 21:20 | Roha |
| 61009 | 19:15 | Vasai Road | 20:07 | Diva |
| 61025 | 19:50 | Diva | 21:20 | Pen |
| 61013 | 20:00 | Diva | 22:30 | Roha |
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Sanpada, Kurla sheds to clear rake service backlog". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Bonanza for Mumbai rail commuters". Business Standard News. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "Railways to spend Rs 111 crore to expand local train network - News". Mid-Day. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "Big suburbanisation plan has few takers". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "Diva to Vasai Road Electrification". IRFCA.
- ↑ "Diva to Panvel Electrification". IRFCA.
- ↑ "DC/AC conversion of Vasai-Jasai". IRFCA.