Two key developments have expedited  the improvement of suburban local trains on Western Railway from this week. The first being ‘Project Virar’ that began with a workforce of 200 where the station is being upgraded to merge with a new Virar-Dahanu rail corridor that segregates suburban and outstation trains and the second is the completion of dedicated freight corridor till New Kharbao near Bhiwandi, which will take off all goods trains from passenger lines.

Under 'Project Virar', the station is getting changes done to existing and building new platforms. The new 3rd and 4th line corridor between Virar and Dahanu is expected to complete by 2027, not only leading to an increase of local trains but also cutting down crowds.