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The first passenger train in India from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai to Thane ran on 16 April 1853 on the track laid by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. The GIPR line was extended to Kalyan in 1854 and then on the north-east side to Igatpuri and the south-east side to Khopoli via Palasdari railway station at the foot of the Western ...
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 .
Post-conversion, local trains will be able to achieve speeds of 100 km/h with ease. The next step would be to convert the remaining 9-coach trains to 12-coach ones, thus augmenting the carrying capacity by 33%. [17] The system will need less maintenance. [18] While using DC traction, 22 substations provided power to suburban trains on the ...
Ghatkopar is a railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It was opened in 1877, [1] and serves the Ghatkopar suburb of Mumbai. About 465,000 commuters use the station daily as of 2014. An average of 35,000 tickets are sold daily. [2]
The last direct current (DC) suburban local train ran on the Harbour line on 10 April 2016. The special train left Kurla at 11:30 pm and reached CSMT at 12:15 am. The iconic yellow-and-maroon DC local trains had their first service on 3 February 1925, when the first electric local ran between CSMT and Kurla ran on the Harbour line.
Computerised reservation services has been installed at this station obviating the need to go to Kalyan for tickets. The platforms at Bhiwandi railway station are very spacious. There are 5 platforms. The trains towards Kopar & Diva halt at platform 1, 2 or 3 and the train moving towards Vasai Road halt at platform 4 or 5. A Decent number of ...
The 32.32 km (20.08 mi) line is planned to be fully elevated, and is expected to consist of 32 stations from Wadala to Kasarvadavali (Ghodbunder road, Thane) via Chembur, Bhandup Mulund and Teen Hath Naka, a popular traffic crossing in Thane. It is estimated to cost ₹14,549 crore. [4]
Line 3 (Aqua Line) is a rapid transit metro line of the Mumbai Metro in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. [4] [5] The 33.5 km (20.8 mi) route is Mumbai Metro's first underground line [6] with 27 underground stations and one at-grade station. [7]