The Western Railway has planned a new outstation terminus at Vasai Road, in Maharashtra. This is being done in order to reduce the load of outstation trains handled by Bandra Terminus and Mumbai Central Terminus.

The terminus at Vasai Road is set to come up by 2023. It will also ease the present bottleneck at Vasai Road station. The Western Railway had first proposed the construction of a terminus at Vasai Road in 2013, the plan for which didn’t materialise. The project was again proposed in 2017.

The new terminus is set to have four platforms, three stabling lines for outstation trains, a new terminus building. Premium trains, including a new proposed Rajdhani Express and 20 other passenger trains will originate and terminate at the facility.

The land acquisition survey will start from September 2018 and a proposal will be sent to the Railway Board.