| Mumbai Suburban Railway | |
|---|---|
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 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
|
| Daily ridership | 61.95 lakh/6.195 million (2022–23)[1] |
| 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
|
| Train length | 12 or 15 coaches |
| Technical | |
| System length | 450.9 kilometres (280.2 mi) only existing lines running to rapid transit/suburban standards (Western, Central, Harbour and Port Lines).
585.9 kilometres (364.1 mi) including Vasai-Roha Line which currently has only MEMU service. 651.5 kilometres (404.8 mi) all existing and upcoming lines including new under construction greenfield lines (Panvel-Karjat and Kalyan-Murbad) |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary |
| Average speed | 35 km/h (22 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 450 kilometres (280 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.