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rnदादर म्हणजे मुंबईचं हार्ट लोकेशन. सेंट्रल आणि वेस्टर्न या दोन्ही लाईन्स इथे जोडल्या जातातच शिवाय दादर हे मुख्य टमिर्नस देखील आहे. त्यामुळे अर्थातच त्याच्याकडे मुंबईतलं सगळ्यात महत्त्वाचं स्टेशन म्हणून पाहिलं जातं. पण दुदेर्वाने दादर स्टेशन जितकं महत्त्वाचं, तितक्याच तिथल्या अडचणीही प्र
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Bandra terminus, Andheri and Borivili stations will in six months boast of state-of-the-art facilities that can easily replace a hotel for the long-distance day traveller. These stations will have one-storey structures which will have deluxe toilets, plush bathroom, a lounge, and locker facility.
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While railways in mumbai proposing complete cool AC trains, BEST is already marching addressing more practical issues. BEST is buying 600 new buses including the king long series to cater to increasing number of bus commutors in mumbai.
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Nearly 1,800 people have lost their lives while travelling by local trains in the city in the first six months of 2008. Despite this, little is being done to make the commute safer for lakhs of passengers, report Sandeep Ashar and Dayanand Kamath
Mumbai’s suburban trains ferry more than 64 lakh commuters daily. But the alarming rise in the number of deaths on railway tracks have earned this li read more »
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Mumbai’s suburban trains ferry more than 64 lakh commuters daily. But the alarming rise in the number of deaths on railway tracks have earned this li read more »
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Central Railway says MMRDA to blame, Rs 166-cr project for additional lines between Kurla and Thane delayed over removal of 11 toilet blocks
The World Bank mission that is currently in the city to review the bank-funded Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) is said to be unhappy with the progress on the laying of additional lines between Kurla and Thane, a senior government official said. read more »
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The World Bank mission that is currently in the city to review the bank-funded Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) is said to be unhappy with the progress on the laying of additional lines between Kurla and Thane, a senior government official said. read more »
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The civic body is proposing to take up repairing work of five railway overbridges on Central and Harbour lines which are in dilapidated condition.
Although this would sound like a repair work for railway overbridge, it will solve one major difficulties of repairing the pipelines going under these bridges.
Total cost : 35 lacs (railways to repay) read more »
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Although this would sound like a repair work for railway overbridge, it will solve one major difficulties of repairing the pipelines going under these bridges.
Total cost : 35 lacs (railways to repay) read more »
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In what’s sure to rub salt into old wounds, the railways is approaching victims of the July 11, 2006 train blasts to 'recover' interest charges paid along with the compensation.
Bhayander resident Raju Kamble, one of the hundreds who sustained serious injuries on that fateful day, received a meagre compensation of Rs 28,000 from the railway tribunal in January.
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Bhayander resident Raju Kamble, one of the hundreds who sustained serious injuries on that fateful day, received a meagre compensation of Rs 28,000 from the railway tribunal in January.
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The smart card, introduced successfully in several cities across the world to make life easier for train and bus commuters, has proved to be a non-starter in Mumbai within just a few months of arrival.
Harsha Gandhi, a Std XII student from Dombivli, bought the much-touted 'Go Mumbai' card.On Monday, Gandhi was told he could not use the card on Western Railway, and when he showed the official read more »
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Harsha Gandhi, a Std XII student from Dombivli, bought the much-touted 'Go Mumbai' card.On Monday, Gandhi was told he could not use the card on Western Railway, and when he showed the official read more »
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Western Railway has selected Dadar and Virar stations to install the first set of escalators at railway stations in the city, according to the promise made by Railway Minister Lalu Prasad in his budget speech.
Prasad had promised escalators at Mumbai's railway stations for the ease of commuters.
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Prasad had promised escalators at Mumbai's railway stations for the ease of commuters.
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Two automated ticket booking systems on the city's suburban railways are expected to be integrated soon to allow commuters to use just one smart card to travel on all public modes of transport in the financial capital. Currently commuters on the suburban railways use the Automated Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM) or the 'Go Mumbai' smart card to purchase unreserved tickets.
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The good old analog quartz clocks on Western Railway (WR) platforms will soon have a touch of modernity.
With 165 analog and digital clocks on WR being synchronised with Global Positioning System (GPS), commuters will no longer be able to complain about the lack of uniformity in the time displayed read more »
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Dear friends,rnMaharashtra has very good network of railways,which is not only economical but comfortable and ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY,rnyet I hardly find Maharashtrians who travel in Maharashtra,rnthey travel all over,but hardly know their own state,just speaking in marathi is not enough,we must spend some cash for our own people,rnIf you travel by railway with circular ticket for sleeperr
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Taking up Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray’s challenge to Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on performing Chhat puja in Mumbai, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Monday said that he will attend the puja along with the RJD leader. And now Uma Bharati to also perform Chhath Puja in Mumbai, albeit a different location. rnrnrnRJD jumps in to seek permissio
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Five new-age trains recently introduced by the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) to make travel more comfortable for the city's harassed train commuters have been vandalised and defaced by miscreant commuters.
Here's what uncaring Mumbaikars have done to the trains:
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The Central Railway (CR) on Thursday launched the 'GO Mumbai' smartcard, a first-of-its-kind travel card which works like a pre-paid telephone card, and can be used for travel on the main line of CR, its Harbour line and BEST buses.
The smartcard, similar to London's Oyster Card, is pre-loaded with credit (in multiples of Rs 50 upto a maximum Rs 2,000).
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The smartcard, similar to London's Oyster Card, is pre-loaded with credit (in multiples of Rs 50 upto a maximum Rs 2,000).
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