Native name
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मुंबई रेल्वे विकास मंडळ |
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Public Sector Undertaking | |
Founded | 12 July 1999 |
Headquarters | Churchgate, Mumbai, India |
Area served
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Mumbai metropolitan region |
Key people
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Prabhat Sahai (Chairman & MD) |
Owners | Ministry of Railways (51%) Government of Maharashtra (49%) |
Website | www |
Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation {Marathi:मुंबई रेल्वे विकास मंडळ} is a Public Sector Undertaking of Govt. of India under Ministry of Railways (MoR) was incorporated under Companies Act, 1956 on 12 July 1999 with an equity capital of Rs. 25 crore shared in the ratio of 51:49 between Ministry of Railways and Government of Maharashtra. MRVC is responsible to execute the projects under Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) as sanctioned by Ministry of Railways. The Corporation will execute a number of suburban rail improvement projects for enhancing suburban rail transportation capacity thereby reducing the over crowding and meeting future traffic requirements. The corporation will also be involved in the planning and development of Mumbai Suburban Rail system. The main objectives of MUTP are:
Current Projects of MRVC status as of January 2010
1) Kurla - Thane 5th & 6th Line - Started the use of the same.
2) Thane - Diva 5th & 6th Line - to be used for Local E.M.U. services.
OVERVIEW OF THE EXISTING MUMBAI SUBURBAN RAILWAY