India, Aug. 16 -- Central Railway (CR) has taken over the remaining 14 railway stations developed by the CIDCO on the Harbour and Trans-Harbour corridors, ending a long-running tussle over who would maintain the stations and provide passenger amenities. The handover, completed on Thursday, means all 17 stations developed by CIDCO have now been transferred to CR, although commercial and other administrative formalities will continue into October.

For years, CR operated trains while CIDCO maintained station infrastructure, leaving commuters caught between two agencies over repairs and passenger amenities. CIDCO had built the stations under an agreement with Indian Railways, but after the agreement expired in 2008, the stations remained und...