TECHNO-ECONOMIC SURVEY AND PREPARATION OF DPR FOR PANVEL-DIVA-VASAI-VIRAR CORRIDOR 55.. PLANNING FOR INTERMODAL INTEGRATION 5.1 STUDY CORRIDOR The proposed Panvel - Virar suburban corridor runs from south to north along the eastern edge of MMR. A total of 13 stations are located along the 69.5 Km long corridor with inter-station spacing of 2.3 - 8.35 km (Table 5.1 and Figure 5.1). Table 5.1: Existing Stations S. No. Station Aprox Chainage (in km) Inter-station Distance (in km) 1 Panvel 0.0 - 2 Kalamboli 5.1 5.1 3 Navade Road 7.4 2.4 4 Taloje 10.8 3.3 5 Nilaje 19.4 8.6 6 Kopar 27.4 8.0 7 Bhiwandi 35.2 7.8 8 Kharbao 43.3 8.1 9 Kaman 51.7 8.4 10 Juchandra 57.3 5.6 11 Vasai 62.7 5.4 12 Nalasopara 67.0 4.3 13 Virar 69.5 2.5 A total of 24 stations (including 11 future stations) at an average inter-station spacing of 3 km are proposed along the suburban corridor (Table 5.2) to cater to serve a larger catchment and increased population in the future years. The proposed Corridor will have major passenger interchange with other existing/ proposed mass transit Corridors at the following stations. S. No. Station Interchange with 1 Virar Interchange with WR and proposed Elevated suburban Corridor. It is the main terminal station of WR Churchgate – Virar Line, with suburban services extending upto Dahanu Road 2 Vasai Road WR and proposed Elevated suburban Corridor 3 Kopar CST - Kalyan Corridor of CR 4 Taloje Navi Mumbai Metro Phase 1 – (Belapur - Pendhar Line) 5 Navade Navi Mumbai Metro Phase 2 – (Pendhar - Khandeshwar Line) 6 Panvel Harbour (Slow and Fast) Lines, Bus Terminal Final TES & Detail Project Report Sept, 2014 5-1 TECHNO-ECONOMIC SURVEY AND PREPARATION OF DPR FOR PANVEL-DIVA-VASAI-VIRAR CORRIDOR Figure 5.1. Proposed Panvel – Virar Suburban Corridor Alignment Final TES & Detail Project Report Sept, 2014 5-2 TECHNO-ECONOMIC SURVEY AND PREPARATION OF DPR FOR PANVEL-DIVA-VASAI-VIRAR CORRIDOR The traffic dispersal and proposed arrangements and infrastructure for future traffic dispersal of the present stations are discussed in this report. The sites for future stations have no developments and road network at present – as and when these stations are developed, similar arrangements/ facilities in relation to the station precincts and surrounding developments can be provided there. Table 5.2: Proposed Stations S. No. Stations * Railways Kms Tentative chainages in ISD Existing/ Connection from CSTM km from Panvel (in Km) Proposed to main line 1 Panvel 68.128 0.000 - Existing 2 New Panvel - 1.466 1.466 Proposed 3 Tembode - 2.485 1.019 Proposed 4 Kalamboli 62.892 5.077 2.592 Existing Proposed 5 Navade Road 60.334 7.435 2.358 Existing 6 Pindhar - 8.850 1.415 Proposed 7 Taloje Panchanand 57.092 10.782 1.932 Existing Proposed 8 Nighu - 14.876 4.094 Proposed 9 Narivali - 16.733 1.857 Proposed 10 Nilaje 48.630 19.360 2.627 Existing Proposed 11 Nandavali - 24.815 5.455 Proposed 12 Kopar 48.790 27.353 2.538 Existing 13 New Dombivli - 28.650 1.297 Proposed 14 Pimplas - 32.315 3.665 Proposed 15 Bhiwandi Road 56.600 35.202 2.887 Existing Proposed 16 Kalwar - 37.715 2.513 Proposed 17 Dunge - 40.507 2.792 Proposed 18 Kharbao 64.940 43.310 2.803 Existing Proposed 19 Paye Gaon - 47.305 3.995 Proposed 20 Kaman Road 73.051 51.665 4.360 Existing Proposed 21 Juchandra 79.850 57.280 5.615 Existing Proposed 22 Vasai Road 84.110 62.710 5.430 Existing 23 Nalasopara 88.270 67.020 4.310 Existing 24 Virar 92.320 69.500 2.480 Existing * Names of proposed stations are tentative and subject to change 5.2 EXISTING TRAFFIC DISPERSAL ARRANGEMENTS Walk is the pre-dominant mode of feeder passenger trips to/ from the sub-urban rail system. At all stations, buses and IPT in the form of autos are the other major modes of the traffic dispersal. The details of existing stations of Panvel - Virar Corridor alongwith their respective landuse, catchment areas and interchanges with other systems are described in the following paragraphs, Figures 5.2 to 5.14 and Table 5.3. Final TES & Detail Project Report Sept, 2014 5-3 TECHNO-ECONOMIC SURVEY AND PREPARATION OF DPR FOR PANVEL-DIVA-VASAI-VIRAR CORRIDOR 5.2.1 PANVEL Panvel station is the first station of the proposed corridor. It is an important railway station on the Harbour Line and CST - Diva - Panvel route of the Central Railways. The station comes under Mumbai Division of Central Railway and is technically divided into Suburban and Main Line. The station Platforms 1,2,3 and 4 are for Suburban Trains while Platforms 5,6 and 7 are for main line trains. 9 pairs of daily express trains, 13 pairs of non-daily express trains and 12 daily commuter (passenger) trains stop here. The station also handles a sizeable amount of freight trains. The surrounding landuse near the station is a mix of commercial, industrial, semi public and residential. The connecting roads to the station are Old Panvel Road, Station Road, Panvel Matheran Road and Mumbai Pune Expressway. The prominent catchment areas of the station include Takka colony, forest colony and Panvel colony on western side while New Panvel Township is on eastern side. Road based public transport is provided by buses and autos. There is one bus stand / terminal in on the western side of the railway station which handles about 200 NMMT (New Mumbai Municipal Transport) buses per day mostly to other nodes in Navi Mumbai and a few services to Mumbai. The station has four passenger entries , three formal (two in west and one in east) and one informal in west . The pictorial depiction of traffic dispersal and related issues of Panvel station are presented in Figure 5.2. Final TES & Detail Project Report Sept, 2014 5-4 TECHNO-ECONOMIC SURVEY AND PREPARATION OF DPR FOR PANVEL-DIVA-VASAI-VIRAR CORRIDOR i. Panvel 2 1 3 PANVEL 4 1. Parking of vehicles near the station entry 2. Unavailability of continuous and uniform footpath 3. Lack of organized Autobays results in on-street 4. Lack of pedestrian facilities on Station Road parking of Autos near the old station road results in Pedestrian – vehicle conflicts Figure 5.2. Traffic dispersal and related issues of Panvel Station Final TES & Detail Project Report Sept, 2014 5-5 TECHNO-ECONOMIC SURVEY AND PREPARATION OF DPR FOR PANVEL-DIVA-VASAI-VIRAR CORRIDOR 5.2.2 KALAMBOLI Kalamboli is one of the nodes prominent of Navi Mumbai. It is a transportation hub, being situated at the junction of the Sion Panvel Highway, National Highway 4, Panvel By-Pass, Mumbai-Goa Highway & Mumbai-Pune Expressway, and is among the biggest iron & steel delivery centers in India Kalamboli station is about 5 km north of Panvel Station and located in Raigad district. The connecting roads to the station are Steel Market Road, Old Pune Road and Kalamboli Station Road. The surrounding landuse near the station is a mix of semi public and residential on western side while large pockets of undeveloped open area/ water bodies exist on eastern side. The important catchment areas near the station include Kudupapa and Kalamboli Township on western side while Valavali , Padghe and Tembhode are present on eastern side. Steel Market Yard is one of the major landmark on western side near the Kalamboli station. The station has four passenger entries out of which two are formal (one in west, one in east) and another two are informal (one in west, one in east) The pictorial depiction of traffic dispersal and related issues of Kalamboli station are presented in Figure 5.3. 5.2.3 NAVADE It is located about 7.4 km north of Panvel Station. The connecting roads to the station are MIDC Road, Navade Station Road and Kalamboli Link Road. At present, very sparse urban development exists near the station. The landuse on western side of the station is characterized by residential areas like Navade Township while large pockets of undeveloped open areas/ water bodies (Kasardi River) exist on eastern side. The station has four passenger entries out of which two are formal (one in west, one in east) and another two are informal (one in west, one in east) The pictorial depiction of traffic dispersal and related issues of Navade station are presented in Figure 5.4. Final TES & Detail Project Report Sept, 2014 5-6 TECHNO-ECONOMIC SURVEY AND PREPARATION OF DPR FOR PANVEL-DIVA-VASAI-VIRAR CORRIDOR ii. Kalamboli 3 KALAMBOLI 1 2 4 1. Low traffic intensity near the Kalamboli station 2. Poor condition of the pedestrian bridge connecting the station 3. Present development around station area is 4. Lack of transport facilities near the station negligible Figure 5.3. Traffic dispersal and related issues of Kalamboli Station Final TES & Detail Project Report Sept, 2014 5-7 TECHNO-ECONOMIC SURVEY AND PREPARATION OF DPR FOR PANVEL-DIVA-VASAI-VIRAR CORRIDOR iii. Navade 3 2 NAVADE 1 4 1. Lack of transportation facilities near the 2. Commuters uses the staircase to access the station area station. 3. On-street parking of vehicles Lack of infrastructure facilities near the station Figure 5.4. Traffic dispersal and related issues of Navade station Final TES & Detail Project Report Sept, 2014 5-8 TECHNO-ECONOMIC SURVEY AND PREPARATION OF DPR FOR PANVEL-DIVA-VASAI-VIRAR CORRIDOR 5.2.4 TALOJE It is located about 10.8 km north of Panvel Station.