Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Western Railway Plans Two Borivali Platforms For More Virar Locals
Western Railway wants to build two new platforms at Borivali station.
One platform will help trains travel between Borivali and Virar.
The other will support the Harbour line extension toward Borivali.
Each new platform will be 330 metres long.
The railway also plans to extend Platform 10 and build a new station building.
New platforms are also planned at Andheri and Virar.
These changes could allow 30-40 more local train services.
They may also reduce delays because local and long-distance trains would have separate tracks.
Western Railway plans two 330-metre-long platforms at Borivali station.
Platform 3A will support local trains starting or ending at Borivali for Virar.
Platform 1A will be built as part of the Goregaon-Borivali Harbour line extension.
The project is expected to create space for 30-40 additional local services.
New fifth and sixth lines are intended to reduce conflicts between local and long-distance trains.
- Who
- Western Railway, with construction involving the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation.
- What
- Plans have been finalised for two new Borivali platforms, a Platform 10 extension, additional station infrastructure, and related line expansion.
- When
- The article does not provide a completion date.
- Where
- Borivali station and the Borivali-Virar section, with additional platforms planned at Andheri and Virar.
- Why
- To increase suburban train capacity, reduce congestion, separate local trains from long-distance services, and create scope for 30-40 additional local services.
- New Borivali platforms
- Platform 3A and Platform 1A
- Platform dimensions
- Each platform will be 330 metres long and seven metres wide.
- Expected service increase
- 30-40 additional local train services
- Platform 10 expansion
- An 85-metre northern extension and a 110-metre southern extension are planned.
- Additional station infrastructure
- A ground-plus-four-storey station building is planned between Platform 3A and existing infrastructure.
- Related stations
- One additional platform is planned at each of Andheri and Virar.
- Line project
- The fifth and sixth lines are intended to separate suburban and long-distance train operations.