Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday hailed the Bombay High Court's decision to lift a stay on the transfer of part of Thane Mental Hospital's land for the construction of a railway station, and said the new facility will reduce the burden of commuter footfall at Thane and Mulund stations.

The high court on Friday allowed the transfer of the hospital's more than 14 acres land, out of its total land of 72 acres, for the new railway station.