Today the densely populated urban areas face significant transport and mobility challenges in the phase of ever expanding economic, environmental and social footprints of the transportation sector. Even the Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi envisions railway stations as intermodal hubs that are global integrated solutions to futuristic development. Transit hubs are no longer an isolated development, rather critical links between commercial, retail, residential and recreational spaces. Thus cities like Mumbai and Delhi, which are densely populated and saturated, need to relax and release large chunks of spaces to generate mixed-use developments in order to make them walkable and affordable.

According to a survey conducted by the Indian Railways, the Mumbai Local caters to 6.9 million commuters on a daily basis, which is more than half of what the Indian Railways handles daily. Thakurli Railway Station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway Network sandwiched between Kalyan and Dombiwali Railway station is an important link in the backbone of daily Mumbai transit system. This is in turn reflected by the satellite townships that have developed adjacent to the station. Therefore, a holistic development of the railway station and its proximity can transform it into epicentres of socio-economic and commercial growth for the city.