In the interim budget 2024 presented on Thursday, the Mumbai Urban Transport Projects (MUTP) has secured a substantial allocation of Rs 789 crore, signaling a boost for the expansion of Mumbai's suburban railway network. Pics: Shadab Khan and Sayyed Sameer Abedi/File
01 February,2024 10:12 PM IST | Editor
A coach of an empty local train derailed at Mumbai Central station on Wednesday, disrupting the suburban train operations, a Western Railway official said. Pics/Shadab Khan
04 October,2023 01:32 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
The Western Railway on Monday, July 31, said that the suburban trains are running late due to what the railway department described as "signal failure" at Andheri. All pictures: File photos
31 July,2023 12:06 PM IST | Editor
The weather patterns are disrupted as the north winds that were supposed to reach Mumbai have been replaced by warm easterly winds.
19 December,2022 03:26 PM IST
The suburban train services on the CSMT-Kalyan section of the Central Railway were affected on Friday evening due to technical fault at Thane station. The officials said that the signalling fault led to problem which was rectified sometime later. Pics/ Sameer Markande
30 September,2022 08:57 PM IST
On March 22, 2020, Mumbai's lifeline i.e. suburban local trains were totally shut down due to the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision created lots of chaos and uncertainty for Mumbaikars. Now after a gap of 19 months, local train services will be restored fully to pre-Covid-19 level from October 28. It is to be noted that there will be no changes in public access to trains. Pics/mid-day photographers
25 October,2021 09:19 PM IST
Mumbai local trains are all set to open for the public starting February 1. The railways are leaving no stone unturned to make sure that the commencement is smooth. From sanitsing cabins and seating areas to increasing entry and exit points, and ticket booking counters, to forming special vigilance teams; here's how the railways are gearing up to open Mumbai local train services for the public once again.
31 January,2021 11:21 AM IST
Despite facing unprecedented COVID-19 related challenges in the year 2020, the Indian Railways was able to keep the national supply chain running and move millions of people back home. In a bid to step up its fight against the deadly Coronavirus, the Indian Railways had decided to completely shut down Mumbai's lifeline — the local trains — from March 22 midnight.
30 December,2020 03:31 PM IST | MumbaiADVERTISEMENT
