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Churchgate station, during rush hour. Western Railway's EMU fleet consists of EMUs running on AC 25 kV power. WR uses seven 9-car rakes. The Western line began running electric trains with DC power on 5 January 1928. [15] On 5 February 2012, WR finished converting the entire Western line from the earlier used 1,500 V DC to 25 kV AC power.
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.
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.
Surat railway station is one of the busiest railway station in Western Railway in non-junction category where more than 180 trains pass per day. [1] [2] Western Railway General Manager's official bungalow 'Bombarci' (abbreviation of Bombay, Baroda and Central India) is located on Altamont road in Cumbala hill, Mumbai. [3]
The T1 uses a number of different railway lines and is the result of various schemes to link the lines together. The line is centred around the Main Suburban railway line which runs from Central to Granville, which continues as the Main Western line at Granville. The Richmond railway line branches from the Main Western line at Blacktown.
On 8 June 2010, the double tracking of the Western Line was completed, enabling trains to run in both directions on one of two tracks all the way between Britomart Transport Centre in the Auckland CBD and Swanson station in Waitakere. The double-tracking cost $420 million and employed around 400 people.
Western line may refer to: Western Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway), of the Mumbai Suburban Railway in Mumbai, India; Western Line, Taiwan, a railway line through Taiwan; Western Line (Auckland), a railway line in Auckland, New Zealand; Linha do Oeste (English: Western Line), a railway line connecting Lisbon to Figueira da Foz, in Portugal; Australia
The line runs parallel to the Central Railway line till just before Sandhurst Road station where the line turns eastward and runs elevated up till Sewri. At Wadala Road , the line branches into two. The first line goes towards King's Circle and then joins with the Western line at Mahim where it runs parallel with the Western Line on right side.