Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone has laid foundation stone foe doubling the existing Mundra-Adipur 57 kms private railway line to meet the growing demand of the port. This additional line will be parallel to the existing one.
According to a stock exchange announcement, the new line will have four crossing stations and 99 bridges. It will be capable to handle 25 tonne axle load wagons at 100 km/per hour. The line will be commissioned in two phases. The first phase of 30 kms will be commissioned by June 2011 and the rest by the end of 2011-12.
With this, Mundra Port shall become the second port after JNPT on the west coast that shall be connected by double line rail corridor.
In the year 2009-10, MPSEZ handled over 40 million tonne cargo at Mundra, out of which 10.75 million tonne cargo moved by rail. With this de-bottle necking of railway coupled with creation of newer terminals under the expansion plan, MPSEZ is expected to handle 100 million tonne cargo in 2012-13 from Mundra alone.
MPSEZ is also developing terminals for handling variety of cargo at Dahej and Hazira in Gujarat and Marmugaon in Goa.
