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Sunday, December 5, 2010

Transportation

Kamothe is located on the outskirts of Mumbai. It lies in what is commonly regarded as the Konkan part of Maharashtra and fall in Raigad District.
Railway: Kamothe has two railway stations (Mansarovar and Khandeshwar) that lie on the Harbour Railway Line, a part of Mumbai suburban railway system. Mansarovar Rly. station was inaugurated in 2008, Khandeshwar is old one. It takes 65 minutes from Mumbai CST(छत्रपति शिवाजी टर्मिनस) for a local to reach Mansarovar and 70 minutes to Khandeswar. Mansarovar is the 3rd station from Belapur CBD and Panvel. This station will cater for three corridors as under:
Operating Corridor: CST - Panvel, third station from Belapur & Panvel.
Proposed Corridor (As Terminus): Mansarovar - Taloja
Proposed Corridor: Railway ring route
No. of Platforms: 7 nos. (5 Island + 2 End) for double discharge facility
Road: Roads here are very well developed. The new wide road that connects Mansarovar and Khandeshwar Railway Stations has become operational. Autorickshaws provide the primary means of personal local transportation. They ply from Mansarovar Railway Station to the NH-4 Highway(Mumbai-Pune). These Rickshaws also serve share-rickshaw facility. The fares are reasonable if one travels in a share-rickshaw.
The orange NMMT(Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport) public buses and State Transport public buses serve as a much cheaper means of transportation over a long distance to various nodes through New Mumbai. Buses starting from Panvel halt at Kamothe bus stop on the Highway allowing passengers direct and fast passage to destinations across Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai. A bus terminus is coming up near Mansarovar railway station.
BEST Bus #503 plies between Kalamboli and Sion and has a stop for Kamothe at Highway. There is also another bus route of BEST which has an AC bus #AS 503 which plies between Kalamboli and Wadala Bus Depot in Mumbai. This AC bus has a frequency of 25 minutes with the first bus starting at 08:25 AM.
Navi Mumbai Metro Railway (PROPOSED): The first phase of Navi Mumbai Metro Railway(Proposed) is likely to be operational in later half of 2011-20 decade. Kamothe will have its metro station in Sector-10.

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