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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.
Some railway stations on the network serve both suburban as well as long-distance trains. The Mumbai Suburban Railway comprises a major 6 line – Western Line, Central Line, Harbour Line, Trans-Harbour Line, Nerul–Uran line and Vasai Road–Roha line. Each of these corridors may consist of additional lines that may intersect with each other.
M-Indicator is a transportation related mobile application that primarily provides information about public transportation in the cities of Mumbai and Pune. [6] It contains details about 232 trains, making 3,000 daily trips through 108 stations on the city's suburban train network. It has 84,000 timetable entries.
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 ...
Schematic map of the Mumbai suburban rail network. Date: 12 July 2006: Source: Drawn: Author: This Image was created by User:PlaneMad.
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 ...
The local community, primarily Marathi Konkani with members from UP, Gujarat, and South India, depends heavily on trains for commuting. Diva has developed its railway infrastructure, now boasting Eight platforms—two for slow trains, two for fast trains, two for Diva-Vasai Line, and two for Kokan Railway compared to the original two.
CST-bound local train arriving on platform No. 2. Kharghar is the fourth railway station from Panvel on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. Local trains of the Harbour line in the Central Railway ply between Panvel and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus stations and the Western line is connected through the Wadala Road station.