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Mumbai local train update: 5-hour jumbo block on June 7; services to be cancelled or diverted Between Churchgate and Mumbai CentralWestern Railway will conduct a five-hour jumbo block on Sunday, June 7, 2026, affecting the UP and DOWN Slow Local Lines between Churchgate...- Mumbai anti-encroachment drive: Western Railway clears Rs 600 crore land, violence erupts in BandraWestern Railway is conducting a massive anti-encroachment drive in Garib Nagar, Mumbai. Hundreds of structures are being demolished to recl...
- A Rs 2,193 crore rail push: Govt greenlights Katra safety, Howrah-Delhi capacity and Chennai suburban boostIndian Railways has greenlit three significant infrastructure projects totaling Rs 2,193 crore. These projects will boost safety on the Jam...
- ‘Furnace’, ‘human oven’: Why people are worried about non-AC local trains with closed doors in hot and humid MumbaiMumbai is introducing India's first non-AC suburban train with automatic sliding doors, a safety upgrade following a fatal accident. The ne...
- Western Railway plans safety trials for 18-coach suburban trainsWestern Railway will test 18-coach local trains later this month. These trials are crucial for increasing capacity on Mumbai's busy suburba...
- Mumbai: Western Railway suburban locals to get indigenous 'Kavach' safety boost by end of next yearWestern Railway is set to enhance commuter safety by implementing the indigenous anti-collision system, Kavach, on its Mumbai local trains ...
- 2,282 fatalities reported on Mumbai's suburban railway network in 2024: Railway ministerRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed Lok Sabha about the alarming 2,282 fatalities on Mumbai's suburban railway in 2024, caused by tr...
- Maharashtra government issues guidelines to ensure girls' safety in schools; makes CCTV mandatory in premisesMinister Mangal Prabhat Lodha directed the Mumbai Suburban District Collector to implement safety measures for women and children. Starting...
- Going to work or college is like going to war in Mumbai local: Bombay HC expresses shame over 'cattle-class' situationThe Bombay High Court criticized Mumbai's railway conditions, emphasizing the Railways' responsibility for passenger safety amid high fatal...
- 15 hours after Puducherry Express derailment, Mumbai's suburban train lines fully restored; services still hitTraffic on the Down Fast line, which takes trains out of the city, was restored at 1.10 pm on Saturday and the first train that passed on t...
- Apprehension of COVID protocol violation as local train services set to resume in BengalThe Eastern Railway and the South Eastern Railway will together run 696 local trains daily in strict adherence to social distancing and oth...
- Mumbai: 753 new suburban services; 88% locals now back on trackDuring normal times before the lockdown, the Central Railway (CR) used to operate 1,772 services, while the Western Railway (WR) ran 1,367 ...
- Bengaluru's suburban rail network to soon get a feature-packed, three-phase MEMU trainThe three-phase MEMU train consists of eight coaches with a total carrying capacity of about 2,400 passengers. The maximum speed of the new...
- Resources for safety, bullet train different: Piyush GoyalIt should take 5-6 years but I believe that Mumbai does not have that kind of time and we now want to change the story from long delays to ...
- Mumbai rail situation ‘grim’, said panel in 2012The panel said an estimated 15,000 people die on tracks every year because of trespassing. "Of this, 6,000 deaths or 40 per cent of the cas...
- Government to conduct safety, capacity audit of suburban FOBs: Piyush Goyal"A complete safety and capacity audit of all the FOBs across the suburban train network will be conducted," he said.
- Let suburban passengers travel by long-distance trains: Kirit SomaiyaBJP MP Kirit Somaiya has urged the Railways to allow suburban local passengers to travel in long-distance trains.
- 6850 people killed in suburban train accidents in 2013While 1214 people were killed in Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai witnessed 1773 and 926 deaths respectively in suburban rail accidents in 2013.
- Mumbai commuters expect better services after hike in train faresRailway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's announcement of fare hike with effect from January 21 midnight has been received with a sense of 'fai...
- Fastest local train in India speeds into MumbaiAnd expect a smoother ride too, thanks to the new technology that will drive your WR suburban trains in just a few weeks' time.
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