Mumbai Suburban Railway

Mumbai Suburban Railway
Mumbai Suburban Railway
	A recently introduced Medha EMU , with exactly the same design as Bombardier rakes.
Overview
Native name	मुंबई उपनगरीय रेल्वे
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Transit type	Suburban Rail
Number of lines	7
Number of stations	150; Western: 39; Central: 51; Harbour: 32; Trans-Harbour: 6; Panvel–Diva–Vasai: 10; Nerul–Uran (Port): 9; Panvel–Karjat: 3;
Daily ridership	61.95 lakh/6.195 million (2022–23)
Annual ridership	2.261 billion
Headquarters	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CR); Churchgate (WR)
Website	Central Railway; Western Railway
Operation
Began operation	16 April 1853
Operator(s)	Central Railways Central line; Harbour line; Trans-Harbour line; Port (Nerul–Uran) line; Panvel–Karjat line; Panvel–Diva–Vasai line; Western Railways Western line;
Train length	12 or 15 coaches
Technical
System length	427.5 kilometres (265.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary
Average speed	30 km/h (19 mph)
Top speed	110 km/h (68 mph)

The Mumbai Suburban Railway (Marathi: मुंबई उपनगरीय रेल्वे, romanized: Mumbaī Upanagarīya Relve) (colloquially called local trains or simply locals)^[2] consists of exclusive inner suburban railway lines augmented by commuter rail on main lines serving outlying suburbs to serve the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Spread over 390 kilometres (240 mi),^[3] the suburban railway operates 2,342 train services and carries more than 7.5 million commuters daily.

The daily commuters constitute around 40% of the daily commuters of Indian Railways.^[4]^[5] By annual ridership (2.64 billion), the Mumbai Suburban Railway is one of the busiest commuter rail systems in the world.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] Trains run from 04:00 until 01:00, and some trains also run up to 02:30 or 03:00. It is the first suburban rail network in India.

^ "Is Mumbai Local Losing Popularity? Report Shows 20% Decline in Daily Commuters Using Suburban Trains". News18. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
^ "Local train derails in Mumbai". Press Trust of India. India Today. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^ Study of Development and Expansion Plan for Mumbai Suburban Rail Network (PDF).
^ Nirmala Rao (20 November 2014). Reshaping City Governance: London, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-58151-2.
^ "It's not getting any better! Despite metro and monorail, Mumbai local trains getting more overcrowded". mid-day. 11 April 2017. Archived from the original on 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
^ Bhaswati Mondal; Gopa Samanta (26 July 2021). Mobilities in India: The Experience of Suburban Rail Commuting. Springer Nature. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-3-03-078350-1.
^ Aakriti Grover; R.B. Singh (25 October 2019). Urban Health and Wellbeing: Indian Case Studies. Springer Nature. pp. 99–. ISBN 978-981-13-6671-0.
^ Cecile Sandten; Annika Bauer (27 September 2016). Re-Inventing the Postcolonial (in the) Metropolis. BRILL. pp. 168–. ISBN 978-90-04-32876-1.
^ Suresh Chandra Satapathy; Amit Joshi (30 December 2018). Information and Communication Technology for Intelligent Systems: Proceedings of ICTIS 2018, Volume 1. Springer. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-981-13-1742-2.

[1] "Is Mumbai Local Losing Popularity? Report Shows 20% Decline in Daily Commuters Using Suburban Trains". News18. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[2] "Local train derails in Mumbai". Press Trust of India. India Today. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

[3] Study of Development and Expansion Plan for Mumbai Suburban Rail Network (PDF).

[Rao2014-4] Nirmala Rao (20 November 2014). Reshaping City Governance: London, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-58151-2.

[midday2017-5] "It's not getting any better! Despite metro and monorail, Mumbai local trains getting more overcrowded". mid-day. 11 April 2017. Archived from the original on 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

[MondalSamanta2021-6] Bhaswati Mondal; Gopa Samanta (26 July 2021). Mobilities in India: The Experience of Suburban Rail Commuting. Springer Nature. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-3-03-078350-1.

[GroverSingh2019-7] Aakriti Grover; R.B. Singh (25 October 2019). Urban Health and Wellbeing: Indian Case Studies. Springer Nature. pp. 99–. ISBN 978-981-13-6671-0.

[SandtenBauer2016-8] Cecile Sandten; Annika Bauer (27 September 2016). Re-Inventing the Postcolonial (in the) Metropolis. BRILL. pp. 168–. ISBN 978-90-04-32876-1.

[SatapathyJoshi2018-9] Suresh Chandra Satapathy; Amit Joshi (30 December 2018). Information and Communication Technology for Intelligent Systems: Proceedings of ICTIS 2018, Volume 1. Springer. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-981-13-1742-2.

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