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The Central line in Mumbai consists of three major corridors, which bifurcate as they run into suburban satellite towns. Two corridors (one local and other through) on Central Railway run from CSMT to Kalyan Junction (55 km), [ 3 ] from where it bifurcates into two lines – one running up to Kasara (67 km) in the north-east and the other ...
This is a List of stations of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, a suburban rail system serving the Mumbai Metropolitan Region in Maharashtra, India.The Mumbai Suburban Railway was opened on 16 April 1853. The system is operated by Western Railway and Central Railway .
The Mumbai Suburban Railway is an offshoot of the first passenger railway to be built by the British East India Company, and is also the oldest railway system in Asia.The first train was run by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (now Central Railway) between Bori Bunder (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) and Thane, a distance of 34 km (21 mi), on 16 April 1853 at 15:35.
As of 27 March 2012, the Western line has approximately 1,290 local services running which carry about 3.55 million commuters every day. [20] These 1290 local services are operated using 80 trains. [21] Western Railways' EMUs are in 12 car and 15 car formations. [22] The first 9-car service on the Western line ran on 2 March 1961.
The bridge can be seen afar, also elaborately designed, with onlookers overlooking the line from above. The Old Byculla station, 1854 or before. The published photograph further ascertains the location of the station mentioned above. It matches both the curve of the line at the site today, and the location of the temple at the east. [4]
Dadar railway station is one of the major interchange railway stations of Mumbai Suburban Railway.It serves the Dadar area in Mumbai, India.. This railway station lies on both the Central line named as Dadar Central with station code DR and Western line named as Dadar Western with station code DDR.
Dombivli Railway Station, which serves the City of Dombivli, is the all time busiest railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It consists of 5 platforms where platform 1, 2 and 3 serve for slow locals and 4 and 5 for fast local trains. It has 7 tracks.
Mulund is a stop for slow local trains as well as most fast local trains on the Central line of the Mumbai suburban network. The station is equipped to accommodate 12-car as well as 15-car (Platform no. 3 & 4) local trains. During the peak hour, there is a fast train halting every few minutes.