After hullabaloo for several years, ball of quadrupling of 64km Viraar-DahanuRd double line section of WR ultimately starts rolling with notification of the land acquisition. Benefits:
(1) Number of EMU services which currently is one every 4 hours to one every 4 minutes and daily ridership is expected to increase from 1.3 lacs to 11.25 lacs.
(2) Eight new stations along the route shall facilitate the residents of the surrounding villages.
(3)...
more... Since long distance trains and fast emu trains shall have dedicated corridors, Speed of Long distance trains as well as Suburban trains along the WR fast line shall be drastically improved in terms of higher avg speed/reduced journey times as well as better punctuality.
(4) Very fast Northward expansion of Mumbai city beyond Virar will be seen