Parsik tunnel
Parsik tunnel is a railway tunnel which cuts across the Parsik Hill in Thane, Maharashtra, India. This tunnel lies on Mumbai-Kalyan mainline. This reduced the distance between Thane and Diva to 7 km from formal 9.6 km. This tunnel is in length made a landmark of first mile long tunnel constructed by Indian Railways. This tunnel is used by all trains runs between and.This is one of the oldest and longest tunnels in India. Once it was the third largest tunnel in Asia. Electric powered train operate through this tunnel and the tunnel has double lines. Two new tunnels have been planned across the Parsik Hill. One of these will be parallel to the existing tunnel for fast suburban train and freight trains and the second one between Kalwa and Mumbra stations.
