The Mumbai Suburban Railway 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), 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. The infrastructure is considered to be the worst amongst any of the major cities in the world. By annual ridership, the Mumbai Suburban Railway is one of the busiest commuter rail systems in the world and arguably the worst rated by riders anywhere in the world. It has killed estimated 50,000+ passengers in the last two decades without any significant upgrade in safety rules, infrastructure or future lookout. 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.
Vidyavihar is a small suburb of Mumbai. It has a railway station with the same name on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Central Railway line. The area consists of mainly the Somaiya Vidyavihar campus and a few residential buildings.
Central Railway is one of the 18 zones of Indian Railways. Its headquarters is in Mumbai at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. It has the distinction of operating first passenger railway line in India, which opened from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853.
Panvel is a suburb of Navi Mumbai in Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. It is highly populated due to its closeness to Mumbai. Panvel is also governed for development purpose by the body of Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Panvel Municipal Corporation is the first Municipal Corporation in Raigad and the 27th Municipal corporation of Maharashtra State.
Khopoli is an industrial city in the Khalapur taluka of Raigad district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, at the base of the Sahyadri mountains. Patalganga River, which is the tailrace channel of Tata Hydroelectric Power station, flows through Khopoli.
Palasdari, also known as Padusdhurree during the British Raj is a popular tourist place and a railway junction on Karjat-Khopoli route of Mumbai Suburban Railway. The name Palasdari is derived from Palas, meaning “tree” and Dari means "Valley" in the Marathi language. It is situated on Karjat-Khopoli State Highway No. 35. Palasdari has a well known Palasdari dam. It is frequented by people from Mumbai, Panvel and Navi Mumbai particularly during rainy season. The whole area is surrounded by waterfalls and greenery during monsoon.
Kelavli is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is on the Karjat–Khopoli route. Palasdari is the previous station and Dolavli is the next station. Kelavli lies on Karjat–Khopoli State Highway 35.
Dolavli is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is on the Karjat–Khopoli route. Kelavali is the previous station and Lowjee is the next station. Dolavli lies on Karjat–Khopoli State Highway No. 35. From Mumbai–Pune Highway it can be approached through Beed Khurd-Phata or Chauk.
Lowjee is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is on the Karjat–Khopoli route. Dolavli is the previous station and Khopoli is the next station.
Pune Railway Junction is the main railway junction of the city of Pune, India. It is one of the major railway junctions in Maharashtra. Pune Junction consists of 6 Platforms. It also has a Suburban Train Network.
The Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway is a public transit system serving Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It consists of 24 stations from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus to Kalyan Junction. The entire line is at grade. It has section of quadruple track starting from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and ends at Kasara, Roha, Uran and Khopoli in Maharashtra.
Mulund is a railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.
Kalyan Junction is a major railway junction station on the central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, lying at the junction of the north-east and south-east lines of the suburban Mumbai division of the Central Railway, 54 km (34 mi) north-east of Mumbai. It comes under top 10 busiest railway junction in India.
Karjat is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. Karjat is a major rail terminus, connected via local trains to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai, Khopoli and Panvel
Palasdari is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.
Shahad is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, in western India. It is located on the route between Kalyan and Ambivli.
Kasara is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is the final stop in the north-east sector of the Central Line.
Panvel railway station is a railway station on the Harbour Line and Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.
Dehu Road railway station is an important suburban railway station of Pune Suburban Railway. It is on the Mumbai–Pune railway route. It is owned by central railways department of Indian Railways. It has five platforms, six lines and one footbridge. This station was built for access to Dehu Road Cantonment. Today also this station is used for Indian Army.
The Mumbai–Chennai line is a railway line connecting Chennai and Mumbai cutting across southern part of the Deccan Plateau. It covers a distance of 1,281 kilometres (796 mi) across Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The Mumbai–Chennai line is a part of Diamond Quadrilateral.
