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The work that was proposed around 2000 started off from 2009 and is tentatively scheduled to be over by 2019, said MRVC officials. The space towards the east side will be enough to lay two more tracks for accommodating the fast lines. Once completed, the suburban and mail express corridors will be separated between Kalyan and LTT.“We are starting works of shifting the railway lines towards the west side to accommodate two new lines between Kalwa and Mumbra stations. THANE: The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) that has started work of laying additional tracks between Thane and Diva as part of its ambitious corridor expansion plans aims to finish the work by December 2019.The MRVC is executing the second phase of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP), which entails adding an extra pair of lines between Thane and Diva and has completed a vital work of remodelling of the existing track layout at the Northern-end of Kalwa station last Sunday. The work will be undertaken at an 800m stretch starting from the Kharegaon level crossing towards Mumbra,” said Sanjay Singh, chief public relations officer, MRVC.Officials added that once the work for increasing capacity on the corridor is completed the commute for lakhs of commuters travelling between Thane and the suburbs beyond could be eased thanks to the availability of an entire corridor between Thane and Kalyan for operating trains..