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The Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP), is a project formulated by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to bring about improvement in the traffic and transport situation in the Mumbai metropolitan region with the assistance of the World Bank.

Background Information

The parties involved in the project include:

Government of Maharashtra
Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC)
Indian Railways (IR)
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)
World Bank

Phase I

Phase I began in 2002 and was completed in 2011.^[1] The total estimated cost of the MUTP Phase I was ₹4,526 crore (US$540 million). Most of the money was spent on railway projects, while less than a fourth was spent on road projects.

The following projects were proposed to be implemented under MUTP:^[2]

Road transport

Widening and improvement of the Jogeshwari - Vikhroli Link Road
Santa Cruz – Chembur Link Road (including an ROB at Kurla)
ROB at Jogeshwari (South)
ROB at Jogeshwari (North)
ROB at Vikhroli
Purchase of 644 eco friendly buses
Pedestrian Grade Separation Schemes
Area Traffic Control System in the Island City
Station Area Traffic Improvement Schemes (SATIS) at 6 stations
Other traffic management and safety schemes including footpaths
Environment - Air quality monitoring
Different studies and technical assistance

Rail transport

5th line on Western Railway between Mahim and Borivali
5th and 6th lines between Kurla and Thane
Borivli-Bhayandar additional pair of lines (including Virar car shed and Virar - Dahanu road track centre work)
Optimisation on Western Railway
Optimisation on Central Railway
Optimisation on Harbour line
DC/AC conversion
Procurement of new EMUs (trains)
EMU maintenance facilities
Stabling lines
Track machines
Technical assistance and studies - setting up of MRVC
PPF reimbursement

The road projects included in MUTP were the Santa Cruz – Chembur Link Road (SCLR) and the Jogeshwari - Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR).^[3]

Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi announced in 2012 that Phase I was completed.^[4]

Phase II

The projects proposed under MUTP–II were:^[5]^[2]

Project	Sanctioned cost (₹crore)	Revised cost (₹crore)
CST-Kurla, 5th and 6th track	659	923.78
Mumbai Central-Borivali, 6th track	522	1049.91
Thane–Diva, 5th and 6th track	133	287.62
Extension of Harbor Line to Goregaon	103	147.60
1500 V DC to 25000 V AC power conversion	293	739.91
EMU train procurement	2930	3041.13
Maintenance facilities for EMU trains	205	323.67
Stabling lines for EMUs	141	178.91
Technical assistance	62	62
Resettlement and rehabilitation of PAPs	124	124
Station improvement and trespassing control	128	128
Total	5300	7006.53

Phase III

Phase III of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project was approved on 8 December 2011. It will cost ₹52,000 crore (US$6.2 billion). The feasibility study for the project cost ₹100 million (US$1.2 million).^[6] The project includes a fast corridor from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to Panvel with a connection to the proposed new Navi Mumbai International Airport, extending the Harbour Line to Borivali, and multiple additional tracks being laid on existing routes. The project is scheduled for completion in 2031.^[6]

Phase 3A

The Union Cabinet approved Phase 3A of the MUTP on 7 March 2019. It will cost ₹33,690 crore (US$4.0 billion) shared equally by the Union and State Governments, and is scheduled to be completed within 5 years. Projects approved under Phase 3A include:

Procurement of 191 air-conditioned rakes
Extension of the Harbour Line from Goregaon up to Borivali
Segregation of suburban and long-distance traffic at Kalyan Yard
Implementing a Communications Based Train Control System
Revamping 19 railway stations
Additional capacity of existing lines
- 5th and 6th lines between Borivali and Virar
- 4th line between Kalyan and Asangaon
- 3rd and 4th lines between Kalyan and Badlapur^[7]^[8]