Archive · 15 Aug 2026
MRVC Floats ₹371 Crore Tender for Vangaon AC Local Depot
The Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation, called MRVC for short, wants to build a big workshop for fixing and maintaining air-conditioned local trains.
The workshop will be built at Vangaon, on the Western Railway line near Mumbai.
MRVC has invited companies to build it by publishing a tender worth 371 crore rupees.
The depot will have places to repair trains and safe sidings where trains can park when they are not running.
The construction is expected to take about 36 months after a builder is chosen.
A similar facility is also being planned at Bhivpuri for trains on the Central Railway.
This workshop is needed because MRVC plans to buy 238 new air-conditioned local trains.
These new trains will be built at three factories run by Indian Railways.
The first new train is expected to be ready by 2027, and all of them should arrive by 2030.
The new depot will help keep these trains in good working order and make Mumbai's suburban railway stronger.
Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) floated a ₹371.49-crore tender for infrastructure development of an AC local maintenance depot at Vangaon on Western Railway.
The project includes a Periodic Overhaul (POH)-cum-EMU maintenance depot and stabling sidings, expected to be completed within 36 months of contractor appointment.
The depot will be built on the western side of the railway line between Vangaon and Dahanu Road under the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-3 and MUTP-3A.
The facility will support MRVC's planned procurement of 238 AC local trains, with the first prototype expected by 2027 and full fleet induction targeted by 2030.
Bids must be submitted online by 3 pm on September 21, 2026, with technical bids opened at 3:30 pm; a pre-bid meeting is scheduled for August 21 at 11:30 am.
- Who
- Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC), the rail agency developing Mumbai's suburban network, with contractors invited to bid.
- What
- Floated a ₹371.49-crore tender to build an AC local maintenance depot at Vangaon, including POH-cum-EMU maintenance facilities and stabling sidings.
- When
- Tender process started on August 12, 2026; bids close on September 21, 2026; completion is expected within 36 months of contractor appointment.
- Where
- Vangaon, on the western side of the railway line between Vangaon and Dahanu Road on Western Railway.
- Why
- To support the maintenance of the growing AC local fleet, including 238 new AC local trains MRVC plans to procure under MUTP-3 and MUTP-3A.
- Tender value
- ₹371.49 crore
- Location
- Vangaon, Western Railway (between Vangaon and Dahanu Road)
- Programme
- Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-3 and MUTP-3A
- Facilities planned
- POH-cum-EMU maintenance depot and stabling sidings
- Completion timeline
- Within 36 months of contractor appointment
- New AC local trains planned
- 238
- Train production units
- ICF Chennai, RCF Kapurthala, MCF Rae Bareli
- Bid deadline
- September 21, 2026, 3 pm