Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday dedicated to the nation, one of the city’s most delayed rail projects, the 5th and 6th lines between Thane and Diva, that took 14 years to complete. He said efforts were on to add an additional 400 km fresh railway network in the Mumbai suburban system, including in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region to boost the capacity.

He flagged off new AC train services and said with the new corridor about 1 lakh more passengers’ had been added to the existing network capacity.