Two companies from Germany and one
each from Spain, England and India have been shortlisted for the final selection
of the consultant to undertake a feasibility study of the elevated AC
suburban rail corridor project in Mumbai. The final decision on the consultant
will be taken by end August 2008.
The proposed project involves the
suburban rail service from Churchgate to Virar in Mumbai, which will be the
first fully air-conditioned suburban rail service in the country.
The consultant will be required to do
the initial planning, designing and finding possible places for the proposed 60
km long elevated suburban rail corridor project. Besides the Virar-Churchgate
route, the consultant will also examine the possibility of extending the
elevated corridor further to Mantralaya and Nariman Point to CST.
Initially the proposal was for the 60
km long Virar-Churchgate only. But the Maharashtra government suggested to
extend it further. So the feasibility study will also examine the possibility of
construction of elevated rail corridor on all the three routes.
The project is likely to be executed
on the PPP model. |