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The Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) is set to provide commuters with a “jerk-free” ride on the city’s suburban trains — in 2010.

MRVC signed an agreement with Germany’s Siemens Transportation Systems on Wednesday for procuring high-speed, bolster-less bogies, which will help suburban commuters travel without vertical shock.

A senior Indian Railway Traffic Service official said, “Sin read more »
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The pot of gold which Indian Railways was sitting on for decades can at last be opened.

The state government on Wednesday paved the way for development of a 11-acre plot adjoining the Bandra (east) suburban station by granting a floor space index (FSI) of 4, which means that the built-up portion can go up to 44 acres of space.

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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 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. read more »
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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. read more »
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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. read more »
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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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The Bombay high court on Wednesday issued notices to Central and Western Railways for failing to make stations its failure to make railway stations disabled friendly.

Is there any institution which voices human rights of normal people? The largest population is of normal people, why only minority get benefits in addition to what they get out normal public? read more »
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