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Western Railway (WR) season ticket sales in some of Mumbai's extended suburbs have shot through the roof, indicating the dizzying pace at which population is growing beyond the BMC limits.
A comparison of statistics for the April-July periods in 2007 and 2008 has revealed that four of the seven stations between Borivli and Virar in the western suburbs - Naigaon, Mira Road, Dahisar and Nalasop read more »
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A comparison of statistics for the April-July periods in 2007 and 2008 has revealed that four of the seven stations between Borivli and Virar in the western suburbs - Naigaon, Mira Road, Dahisar and Nalasop read more »
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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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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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Mumbai’s ambitious metro rail project today received a shot in the arm with the Centre announcing the sanctioning of Rs 4,500 crore for its completion.
“Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh had requested for funds from the Centre. The Centre is sanctioning Rs 4,500 crore as viability gap funding for the Mumbai Metro Rail Project (MMRP)” Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy said.
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“Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh had requested for funds from the Centre. The Centre is sanctioning Rs 4,500 crore as viability gap funding for the Mumbai Metro Rail Project (MMRP)” Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy said.
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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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Western Railway has found a permanent solution to the deluge of commuter complaints about dirty seats in fir read more »
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Ostensibly, this is good news for lakhs of Central Railway (CR) commuters — the first of the next generation trains has arrived. While Western Railway commuters have been using a few new services on the new rakes for a few weeks now, CR finally got its first new Siemens-made rake, which will b ready for commuters by the month-end.
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The local train commuters who travel to and from Virar will on the International Human Rights Day, December 10 boycott the trains to protest against the failure of the Western Railway authorities to make arrangements for more local trains to ply from Virar.
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The breakaway Indian Cricket League (ICL) might be struggling to find stadia across India to start their training camps for their respective zonal teams, but here they have had it easy. After training for a month at Mayajaal, a resort near Chennai, ICL’s Mumbai players will have their camp at the Mahalaxmi Western Railways ground from Friday.
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The city’s six million train commuters’ wait for a comfortable ride is soon to be over as the Western Railway is set to roll out the first of the 157 new trains from Monday.
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In addition to 57 close circuit camera's western railways will have 463 new camera's installed at entry and exit of stations from churchgate to virar. Though Central railway has also sent a proposal of 1500 camera's their approval is still awaiting for about a year now. Currently central railway has 70 camera's in 8 major stations.
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A peek in the lives of our city’s motormen, who frequently play a dangerous ’game’ on the tracks, shows a lurking fear while driving that nine or twelve coach trains with compartments loaded till the roof, and passengers having no inkling of the curves and speed they travel on everyday.
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As proposal to buy cameras for stations sits with Rly Board, WR decides to rent them at Rs 2.46 cr a year.
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On July 16, General Manager (GM) of the Western Railway (WR) AK Jhingron inaugurated Mumbai’s first railways-run cyber cafe, RailTel Cyber Express, at Mumbai Central station. Speaking at the occasion, Jhingron stated that 12 other cyber cafes are being built by the WR and that they would be ready by the next financial year.
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