The Central Railway on Tuesday said that the over century old Neral junction station, catering to regular trains and the narrow gauge heritage hill railway line, will get a major makeover. The ongoing review meetings conducted jointly by railway officials, local authorities and local Members of Parliament (MP) over the past two weeks have been fast-tracking stranded projects at several stations and along the railway line.

On Monday, the local MP from Maval constituency, Shrirang Barne, visited Neral and Karjat stations to review the works. "There are plans to upgrade Neral station and create a large circulating area for passengers and have a better organised auto rickshaw stand. There is now just one new foot over bridge at the station. There is a plan to have two more and directly link them to the heritage station so passengers could directly enter the small train station instead of crowding at one gate," a senior official said.