HISTORY

It all began one fine summer day on 16 April 1853.

It was a single step of 34 kilometers from "Boree

Bunder" (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) to

"Tannah" (now Thane).
G.I.P. Railway’s first train ever to run on the Indian soil

rolled out and changed the history of India, forever.

It also marked the dawn of the Railway Age in Asia -

the world's largest continent.

The railway line was extended from Thane to Kalyan (20
kilometers) after about a year.

 From Kalyan, the railway line branched into two

directions, viz. the North Eastern line leading towards
Igatpuri and Bhusaval and the South Eastern line towards
Pune and Solapur.

It took 7 to 9 years to construct the lines through the two

ghat sections (Bhor and Thull).
Central Railway is a network of 3905.47 route
kilometres and 5975.33 track kilometres connecting
476 stations over 5 divisions spanning across the
states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and
Karnataka plays a key role in the progress of the
nation as a carrier of passenger and freight traffic.
Mumbai Local Trains
Operating Area: Mumbai
Started operations: 1857
System length: 303 kms
 Daily Ridership: 6.1 million
Operated by: Western Railways and Central
Railways
 Central line
The Central Line in Mumbai consists of 3 major corridors,
which bifurcate as they run into suburban satellite towns.

Two corridors (one local and other through) on Central

Railway run from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) to
Kalyan (54 km), from where it bifurcates into two lines —
one running up to Kasara (67 km) in the north-east and
the other running up to Khopoli (61 km) in the south-east.

These two corridors constitute the 'Main' Line. The

Central main line shares two stations with the Western
line at Parel and Dadar.
They consist of a fleet of DC as well as dual-powered
EMUs. The major car sheds on this line are at Kurla and
Kalwa.

There are fast and slow locals here for suburban service.
Slow locals halt at every station, while fast locals halts vary
between Byculla, Dadar, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Vikhroli,
Bhandup, Mulund, Thane, Dombivali and Kalyan.

All services plying beyond Kalyan run slow. Trains usually

start from and terminate at important stations.
Abbreviations used for these train sources/destinations
are as follows (in alphabetical order):
Stations on Central (Main) line

 (Names in bold indicate that the station is a fast train stop.)

 Within Mumbai: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus , Masjid Bunder , Sandhurst

Road, Byculla, Chinchpokli, Currey Road, Parel, Dadar, Matunga, Sion, Kurla,
Vidyavihar, Ghatkopar, Vikhroli, Kanjurmarg, Bhandup, Nahur, Mulund
 Outside Mumbai: Thane, Kalwa, Mumbra, Diwa, Kopar, Dombivli, Thakurli,

Kalyan
 Branch line 1 : Kalyan, Vitthalwadi, Ulhasnagar, Ambarnath, Badlapur, Vangani,

Shelu, Neral, Bhivpuri Road, Karjat, Palasdari, Kelavli, Dolavli, Lowjee, Khopoli
 Branch line 2: Kalyan, Shahad, Ambivli, Titwala, Khadavli, Vasind, Asangaon,

Atgaon, Khardi, Kasara

 Branch line 3: Vasai Road, Juchandra, Kaman Road, Kharbav, Bhiwandi, Kopar,

Dativali, Nilaje, Taloja, Navade Road, Kalamboli, Panvel

 Abbreviation Station name
A Ambernath  K Kalyan

 AN Asangaon
 KP Khopoli

 BL Badlapur
 N Kasara
 C Kurla
 S Karjat
 D Dadar
 ST Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
 DI Dombivali
 T Thane
 G Ghatkopar
 TL Titwala
Rakes
 A bulk of the current fleet of both the Western and Central railways

features old rakes which are capable of a maximum speed of 85 km/h in

regular service.

 Most of these rakes are built by Jessop (Kolkata) and ICF (Perambur). The

recently introduced AC/DC rakes (more modern motors in the existing

carriage designs) are capable of 100 km/h under low traffic conditions.

 The actual average speed of the rakes on the slow lines is about 35 km/h,

while rakes on fast lines average about 45–50 km/h on a typical run.

 On November 12, 2007, 1st new technology rake of 174 new technology

rakes with upgraded facilities was inducted into the fleet of the

Western Railways under the MUTP project.

 The coaches are built of stainless steel, and have non-cushioned seats,

emergency fluorescent lights, bigger windows with polycarbonate

lookout glass, better suspension systems and a novel roof mounted

forced ventilation system, station indicators in all coaches, GPS based

Public information system in all coaches.

 These rakes have been procured under the project at a total cost of Rs

1,900 crore (Rs 19 billion) (USD 431.0 million).

Brand new rakes will replace the ageing fleet of
suburban trains

As on May 2010, 84 out of 247 (12 coach train) new

trains has been delivered to Mumbai Suburban
Railway.[2]

Total cost of this project is  5,300 crore (US$1.17

billion) [3]
 Fatalities
More than 3,500 people die on the Mumbai suburban
railway tracks annually due to unsafe riding on trains or
trespassing on railway tracks or as a result of suicide
attempts.

This is believed to be the highest number of fatalities per

year on any urban or suburban railway system.

Most of the deaths are of passengers crossing the tracks on

foot, instead of using the footbridges provided for going
from one platform to another, and are hit by passing
trains.
 Some passengers die when they sit on train roofs to avoid the crowds
and are electrocuted by the overhead electric wires, or hang from
doors and window bars.

 To reduce the risk of such fatalities, automatic doors will be installed

on all rakes by 2016 along with longer platforms and more frequent
trains.

 Central and Western Railway was forced to release under the Right to
Information Act that at least 20,706 people have died in the last five
years; an average of 10 each day.
 Terrorist attacks
 The Mumbai Suburban Railway has suffered 8 blasts and around 368
people are believed to have died as a result.

 14 March 2003 - A bomb went off in a train in Mulund killing 10

 11 July 2006 - A series of seven bombs went off in trains killing 207

 26 November 2008 - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus was also attacked

during the The 2008 Mumbai Attacks killing at least 60 people.