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.
Mumbai Central is a major railway station on the Western line, situated in Mumbai, Maharashtra in an area known by the same name. It serves as a major stop for both Local and Inter-City/Express trains with separate platforms for them. It is also a terminal for several long-distance trains including the Mumbai Rajdhani Express. It is one of the five major Terminal stations in Mumbai while others being Mumbai CST, Mumbai LTT, Mumbai BDTS and Mumbai Dadar. Trains depart from the station connecting various destinations mostly across states in the northern, western and north-western parts of India. The station was renamed from Bombay Central to Mumbai Central in 1997, following the change of Bombay to Mumbai. In 2018, a resolution was passed to change the station code to MMCT, with implementation ongoing.
Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a total route length of 68,043 km (42,280 mi), running track length of 102,831 km (63,896 mi) and track length of 128,305 km (79,725 mi) as of 31 March 2022. 58,812 km (36,544 mi) of all the gauge routes are electrified with 25 kV 50 Hz AC electric traction as of 1 April 2023.
Yadgiri is a city and the administrative headquarters of Yadgir district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is also the administrative headquarters of Yadgir Taluka, one of the six taluks of Yadgir.
Nagpur Junction is a railway station in Nagpur, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is an important junction station on the Howrah–Mumbai and Delhi–Chennai trunk line of the Indian Railways. It belongs to the A1 category of railway stations and is one of the top 100 stations of the Indian Railways system in terms of total bookings.
Pune Junction railway station 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.
Urban rail transit in India plays an important role in intracity transportation in the major cities which are highly populated. It consists of rapid transit, suburban rail, monorail and tram systems. According to a report published in 2021, a total of 2.63 billion people travelled annually in metro systems across India's fifteen major cities, placing the country as one of the busiest urban rapid transit hubs in the world in terms of ridership. The combined length of 859 kilometres of metro systems in India makes it the fourth longest in operation in the world.
The Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway is a public transit system serving Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Maharashtra. It consists of 37 stations from Dahanu Road to Churchgate railway station. It is operated by Western Railways (WR). The entire line is at grade.
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.
Dadar railway station is one of the major interchange railway stations of Mumbai Suburban Railway. It serves the Dadar area in Mumbai, India.
Wardha Junction railway station is a railway station serving Wardha city in the Wardha district, Maharashtra, India. The station is under the Nagpur railway division of the Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. Wardha Junction is an important station on the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line and Wardha–Chitoda line.
The Manmad Junction Railway Station is a Central Railway junction in India, serving the town of Manmad in the Nashik district of Maharashtra. It is one of the Central Railways' major stations, connecting Manmad with many major cities in the region, including Mumbai and Pune. Around 51 trains travel between the Mumbai and Manmad railway stations every week.
Mathura Junction railway station is an important station on Agra–Delhi chord of Delhi–Mumbai and Delhi–Chennai lines. It is located in Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the important North-Central Railway station. It serves Mathura and Vrindavan.
The Mumbai Dadar–Solapur section is part of the Mumbai–Chennai line. It connects Mumbai Dadar and Solapur both in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Solapur railway station is located in Solapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra and serves Solapur city and the industrial belt around it. It is headquarters of Solapur Railway Division and a part of Central Railway zone.
Raichur Junction railway station, also known as Raichuru Junction railway station, is located in Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka and serves Raichur and the surrounding industrially efflorescent area. The station has three platforms.
The Mumbai–Chennai line, earlier known as Bombay–Madras 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.
Aurangabad railway station is a railway station located on the Kacheguda–Manmad section which mainly services Aurangabad City. This railway station comes under the Nanded division of the South Central Railway zone and has rail connectivity with major cities such as Parbhani, Nanded, Hyderabad, Delhi, Nizamabad, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Gangakhed, Purna, Udgir, Raichur jn, Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Kadpa, and Latur Road.
Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station Weekly Superfast Express is an express train of the Indian Railways connecting Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Mumbai in Maharashtra and Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central railway station, Chennai of Tamil Nadu. It is currently being operated with 22179/22180 train numbers on a weekly basis.
Chittapur railway station, is an Indian Railways train station located in Chitapur, Kalaburagi in the Indian state of Karnataka and serves Chitapur area. It is located on the Begumpet–Wadi line of Secunderabad railway division in South Central Railway zone.
