Indian Railways
Indian Railways is India’s lifeline and the most popular means of transportation. It is the lifeline of cities like Mumbai where millions of people travel by Railways to works and back. It is probably one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world, transporting eighteen million passengers daily. Indian Railways is the world’s largest employer, with more than 1.6 million employees. Indian railway’s network cover a total length of more than 63,327 km. Indian Railways currently (2008) owns about 225,000 wagons, 45,000 coaches and 8300 locomotives and ran more than 18,000 trains daily, including about 8,984 passenger trains and 9,387 goods trains. Railways were first introduced to India in 1853!! On 16 April 1853, the first passenger train service was inaugurated between Bori Bunder, Bombay and Thane. Covering a distance of 34 km, it was hauled by three locomotives, Sahib, Sindh and Sultan. By 1947, the year of India’s independence, there were forty-two rail systems. In 1951 the systems were nationalized as one unit, becoming one of the largest networks in the world.
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Indian Railways operates about 9,000 passenger trains and transports 17 million daily across twenty-eight states and three union territories.
List of Trains to and from Mumbai:
Train Number From To Train Name
2162 Agra Cantt. Kurla Terminus Lashkar
2010 Ahmedabad Mumbai Central Shatabdi
2902 Ahmedabad Mumbai Central Gujarat Mail
2932 Ahmedabad Mumbai Central AC Express
2934 Ahmedabad Mumbai Central Karnavati
9012 Ahmedabad Mumbai Central Gujarat EXP
9144 Ahmedabad Bandra Terminus Lokshakti
2990 Ajmer Mumbai Central AII BCT Express
2992 Ajmer Udaipur City AII UDZ Express
2996 Ajmer Bandra Terminus AII BDTS SF Express
1070 Allahabad Kurla Terminus TULSI Express
2112 Amravati Mumbai CST
1058 Amritsar Dadar Amritsar Dadar Express
2904 Amritsar Mumbai Central Golden Temple Mail
2926 Amritsar Bandra Terminus Paschim Express
2361 Asansol Mumbai CST
1402ABalharshah Mumbai CST NANDIGRAM Express
2471 Bandra Terminus Jammu Tawi Swaraj Express
2480 Bandra Terminus Jodhpur Suryanagari Express
2907 Bandra Terminus Nizamuddin Maharashtra Sampark Kranti
2925 Bandra Terminus Amritsar Paschim Express
2935 Bandra Terminus Surat BDTS SURAT Express
2971 Bandra Terminus Bhavanagar BHAVNAGAR Express
2979 Bandra Terminus Jaipur JAIPUR Superfast
2993 Bandra Terminus Jaipur Garib Rath
2995 Bandra Terminus Ajmer BDTS AII UDZ Express
4708 Bandra Terminus Bikaner Ranakpur
9017 Bandra Terminus Jamnagar Saurashtra Janata
9020 Bandra Terminus Dehradun DEHRADUN Express
9037 Bandra Terminus Gorakhpur Avadh
9039 Bandra Terminus Muzaffarpur Avadh
9049 Bandra Terminus Patna BDTS PATNA Express
9115 Bandra Terminus Bhuj Sayaji Nagari
9707 Bandra Terminus Jaipur Aravalli
2925ABandra Terminus Kalka Paschim Express
9131 Bandra Terminus Bhuj Kutch Express
9143 Bandra Terminus Ahmedabad Lokshakti
6530 Bangalore Mumbai CST Udyan
4314 Bareilly Kurla Terminus BE LTT Express
2972 Bhavanagar Bandra Terminus BVC BDTS Express
1020 Bhubaneswar Mumbai CST KONARK Express
2146 Bhubaneswar Kurla Terminus BBS LTT SUP Express
2879 Bhubaneswar Kurla Terminus
9116 Bhuj Bandra Terminus Sayaji Nagari
9132 Bhuj Bandra Terminus Kutch Express
4707 Bikaner Bandra Terminus Ranakpur
1028 Chennai Mumbai CST MUMBAI MAIL
1042 Chennai Mumbai CST MUMBAI Express
2164 Chennai Egmore Dadar CHENNAI Express
1060 Chhapra Kurla Terminus CPR LTT Express
5101 Chhapra Mumbai CST Jan Sadharan
1014 Coimbatore Kurla Terminus LOKMANYA TT Express
1017 Dadar Yesvantpur CHALUKYA Express
1035 Dadar Mysore SHARAVATHI Express
1057 Dadar Amritsar AMRITSAR Express
2071 Dadar Aurangabad Jan Shatabdi
2139 Dadar Nagpur Sewagram
2163 Dadar Chennai Egmore CHENNAI Express
1066 Darbhanga Kurla Terminus DBG LTT Express
9019 Dehradun Bandra Terminus DEHRADUN Express
2138 Firozpur Mumbai CST Mumbai Mail
9024 Firozpur Mumbai Central Janata
2106 Gondia Mumbai Vidarbha
1016 Gorakhpur Kurla Terminus KUSHINAGAR Express
1056 Gorakhpur Kurla Terminus GODAN Express
5018 Gorakhpur Kurla Terminus Kashi
9038 Gorakhpur Bandra Terminus Avadh
5646 Guwahati Kurla Terminus GHY LTT Express
5648 Guwahati Kurla Terminus GHY LTT Express
2154 Habibganj Kurla Terminus HBJ LTT SUP Express
2812 Hatia Kurla Terminus HTE LTT SUPER
2102 Howrah Kurla Terminus Jnaneswari
2152 Howrah Kurla Terminus Samarsata
2321 Howrah Mumbai CST Howrah MUMBAI MAIL
2358 Howrah Mumbai CST KOLKATTA MAIL
2810 Howrah Mumbai CST Howrah MUMBAI MAIL
2860 Howrah Mumbai CST Gitanjali Express
2870 Howrah Mumbai CST HWH CSTM Express
2702 Hyderabad Mumbai CST Hussain Sagar Express
7032 Hyderabad Mumbai CST MUMBAI Express
2962 Indore Mumbai CST Avantika Express
2187 Jabalpur Mumbai CST Garib Rath
2956 Jaipur Mumbai Central JP BCT SUPFAST
2980 Jaipur Bandra Terminus JP BDTS SUP Express
2994 Jaipur Bandra Terminus Garib Rath
9708 Jaipur Bandra Terminus Aravalli Express
2472 Jammu Tawi Bandra Terminus Swaraj
9018 Jamnagar Bandra Terminus Saurashtra Janata
2479 Jodhpur Bandra Terminus Suryanagari
2926AKalka Bandra Terminus Paschim Express
2201 Kurla Terminus Kochuveli Garib Rath
5268 Kurla Terminus Raxaul Jan Sadharan
8610 Kurla Terminus Ranchi RANCHI EXPRESS
4313 Kurla Terminus Bareilly BAREILLY Express
5017 Kurla Terminus Gorakhpur Kashi
5645 Kurla Terminus Guwahati GUWAHATI EXPRESS
5647 Kurla Terminus Guwahati GUWAHATI EXPRESS
6345 Kurla Terminus Thiruvananthapuram Netravati
8029 Kurla Terminus Shalimar LTT SHALIMAR Express
1013 Kurla Terminus Coimbatore COIMBATORE Express
1043 Kurla Terminus Madurai MADURAI EXPRESS
1055 Kurla Terminus Gorakhpur GODAN EXPRESS
1065 Kurla Terminus Darbhanga DARBHANGA Express
1067 Kurla Terminus Faizabad SAKET EXPRESS
1071 Kurla Terminus Varanasi KAMAYANI EXPRESS
2101 Kurla Terminus Howrah Jnaneswari
2107 Kurla Terminus Lucknow LUCKNOW SUP Express
2117 Kurla Terminus Manmad LTT MANMAD Express
2145 Kurla Terminus Bhubaneswar BHUBANESHWAR Express
2151 Kurla Terminus Howrah Samarsata
2153 Kurla Terminus Habibganj HABIBGANJ Express
2161 Kurla Terminus Agra Cantt. Lashkar
2165 Kurla Terminus Varanasi LTT BSB SUP Express
2173 Kurla Terminus Kanpur Udyognagari
2336 Kurla Terminus Bhagalpur
2619 Kurla Terminus Mangalore Matsyagandha
2811 Kurla Terminus Hatia HATIA EXPRESS
2880 Kurla Terminus Bhubaneswar
3202 Kurla Terminus Rajendranagar LTT RJPB Express
1015 Kurla Terminus Gorakhpur KUSHINAGAR Express
1059 Kurla Terminus Chhapra CHHAPRA EXPRESS
1061 Kurla Terminus Muzaffarpur MUZAFFARPUR Express
1069 Kurla Terminus Allahabad TULSI EXPRESS
1067AKurla Terminus Rae Bareli SAKET EXPRESS
2108 Lucknow Kurla Terminus LJN LTT EXPRESSS
2533 Lucknow Mumbai CST Pushpak Express
104 Madgaon Goa Mumbai CST MANDOVI EXPRESS
112 Madgaon Goa Mumbai CST KONKAN KANYA Express
2052 Madgaon Goa Mumbai CST Jan Shatabdi
1044 Madurai Kurla Terminus LOKAMANYA TT Express
2620 Mangalore Kurla Terminus Matsyagandha
2110 Manmad Mumbai CST Panchavati
2118 Manmad Kurla Terminus MANMAD LTT Express
2105 Mumbai CST Gondia Vidarbha
2123 Mumbai CST Pune Deccan Queen
2125 Mumbai CST Pune Pragati
2127 Mumbai CST Pune Intercity
2322 Mumbai CST Howrah KOLKATTA MAIL
2701 Mumbai CST Hyderabad Hussain Sagar
2809 Mumbai CST Howrah HOWRAH MAIL
2859 Mumbai CST Howrah Gitanjali
2961 Mumbai CST Indore Avantika
6351 Mumbai CST Nagercoil NAGARCOIL Express
2357 Mumbai CST Howrah Howrah MUMBAI MAIL
2009 Mumbai Central Ahmedabad Shatabdi
2901 Mumbai Central Ahmedabad Gujarat Mail
2903 Mumbai Central Amritsar Golden Temple Mail
2921 Mumbai Central Surat Flying Rani
2927 Mumbai Central Vadodara VADODARA Express
2931 Mumbai Central Ahmedabad AC Express
2933 Mumbai Central Ahmedabad Karnavati
2951 Mumbai Central New Delhi Rajdhani
2953 Mumbai Central Nizamuddin August Kranti Rajdhani
2955 Mumbai Central Jaipur BCT JP EXPRESS
2989 Mumbai Central Ajmer AJMER EXPRESS
9005 Mumbai Central Okha Saurashtra Mail
9011 Mumbai Central Ahmedabad Gujarat Express
9023 Mumbai Central Firozpur Janata
9215 Mumbai Central Porbandar Saurashtra
103 Mumbai CST Madgaon MANDOVI EXPRESS
1005 Mumbai CST Usmanabad CSTM UMD Express
1007 Mumbai CST Pune DECCAN EXPRESS
1009 Mumbai CST Pune SINHAGAD Express
1011 Mumbai CST Sahu Maharaj(T) MAHALAXMI Express
1019 Mumbai CST Bhubaneswar KONARK EXPRESS
1021 Mumbai CST Pune INDRAYANI Express
1023 Mumbai CST Sahu Maharaj(T) SAHYADRI Express
1027 Mumbai CST Chennai CHENNAI MAIL
1029 Mumbai CST Sahu Maharaj(T) KOYNA EXPRESS
1041 Mumbai CST Chennai CSTM CHENNAI Express
1093 Mumbai CST Varanasi MAHANAGARI Express
1401 Mumbai CST Nagpur NANDIGRAM Express
2051 Mumbai CST Madgaon Jan Shatabdi
2109 Mumbai CST Manmad Panchavati
2111 Mumbai CST Amravati
2115 Mumbai CST Solapur Siddheshwar
2137 Mumbai CST Firozpur Punjab Mail
2141 Mumbai CST Rajendranagar RAJENDRA NGR Express
2188 Mumbai CST Jabalpur Garib Rath
2362 Mumbai CST Asansol
2534 Mumbai CST Lucknow Pushpak
2869 Mumbai CST Howrah HOWRAH SUP Express
5102 Mumbai CST Chhapra Jan Sadharan
6331 Mumbai CST Thiruvananthapuram TRIVANDRAM Express
6339 Mumbai CST Nagercoil NAGARCOIL Express
6381 Mumbai CST Kanniyakumari KANYAKUMARI Express
6529 Mumbai CST Bangalore Udyan
7031 Mumbai CST Hyderabad HYDERABAD Express
7057 Mumbai CST Secunderabad Devgiri
7617 Mumbai CST Nanded Tapovan
1401AMumbai CST Balharshah NANDIGRAM Express
1062 Muzaffarpur Kurla Terminus MFP LTT EXPRESS
9040 Muzaffarpur Bandra Terminus Avadh
6340 Nagercoil Mumbai CST MUMBAI EXPRESS
1402 Nagpur Mumbai CST NANDIGRAM Express
7618 Nanded Mumbai CST Tapovan
2908 Nizamuddin Bandra Terminus Maharashtra Sampark Kranti
2910 Nizamuddin Bandra Terminus Garib Rath
2954 Nizamuddin Mumbai Central August Kranti Rajdhani
9006 Okha Mumbai Central Saurashtra Mail
9050 Patna Bandra Terminus PNBE BDTS Express
9216 Porbandar Mumbai Central Saurashtra
1008 Pune Mumbai CST DECCAN EXPRESS
1010 Pune Mumbai CST SINHAGAD Express
1022 Pune Mumbai CST INDRAYANI Express
2124 Pune Mumbai CST Deccan Queen
2126 Pune Mumbai CST Pragati
2128 Pune Mumbai CST Intercity
1068ARae Bareli Kurla Terminus SAKET EXPRESS
2142 Rajendranagar Mumbai CST RJPB CSTM SUP Express
3201 Rajendranagar Kurla Terminus RJPB CLA Express
8609 Ranchi Kurla Terminus RNC LTT EXPRESS
5267 Raxaul Kurla Terminus Jan Sadharan
7058 Secunderabad Mumbai CST Devgiri
8030 Shalimar Kurla Terminus SHM LTT EXPRESS
2116 Solapur Mumbai CST Siddheshwar
1012 Sahu Maharaj(T) Mumbai CST MAHALAXMI Express
1024 Sahu Maharaj(T) Mumbai CST SAHYADRI EXPRES
1030 Sahu Maharaj(T) Mumbai CST KOYNA EXPRESS
2922 Surat Mumbai Central Flying Rani
2936 Surat Bandra Terminus SURAT BDTS Express
6332 Thiruvan’nt’am Mumbai CST MUMBAI EXPRESS
6346 Thiruvan’nt’am Kurla Terminus Netravati
1006 Usmanabad Mumbai CST UMD CSTM Express
2928 Vadodara Mumbai Central VADODARA Express
1072 Varanasi Kurla Terminus KAMAYANI EXPRESS
1094 Varanasi Mumbai CST MAHANAGARI Express
2166 Varanasi Kurla Terminus BSB LTT SUP Express
Keeping up with modern ways, Indian Railways has started offering multiple options to get a Rail Reservation including IRCTC (Indian Railways Ticket Booking Web Site).
To get a Indian Railway Reservation you can do one of the following:
1. Visit an Indian Railway Station and go to Indian Railways Reservation Center. At the Indian Railways Reservation center all you need to do is fill up a reservation form and give it to the attendants at any one of the window. He will check for availability and confirm your reservation.
2. In many metros and bigger cities across India you can find Indian Railway Reservation Center across locations including shopping malls.
3. To get an Indian Railway Reservation you can also use State Bank of India ATM.
4. The most convenient way to get a Indian Railway Reservation is to get it done online on IRCTC (Indian Railways Ticket Booking Web Site). http://www.irctc.co.in is the official website of Indian Railway. All you need to do is log on to IRCTC Web Site and follow some steps. Find your train. Get your reservation and print the ticket from IRCTC. What you’ll get it is called an E-Ticket. You can travel using it
5. Now you can also get an Indian Railway Reservation via SMS at IRCTC To get an Indian Railway Reservation ticket (IRCTC) using SMS one needs to do the following:
* The user needs to be registered with http://www.irctc.co.in and should opt to use the Indian Railway mobile reservation services.
* Created at least one “Passenger List” in your profile registered with IRCTC. The same list will be used for the SMS based Indian Railway Reservation.
* User needs to be registered with the Mobile Banking services of ICICI Bank (Many banks will be integrated soon)
* The tickets can be booked by just two SMS messages, using IRCTC’s mobile short code 7245.
Thousands of consumers use the e-ticket services offered by Indian Railway on IRCTC (www.irctc.co.in : IRCTC is Indian Railways Ticket Booking Web Site). Many consumers prefer e-tickets issued by IRCTC as it saves a lot of time. E-ticket or printed tickets issued by IRCTC is just a printed copy which can be used as a ticket. You need to carry this e-ticket in print and an identification proof. Like mentioned earlier, E Ticket is an electronic copy of the regular ticket which can be booked online on IRCTC. You can book an e-ticket 60 days in advance of your journey. You book it online and take a print out of the confirmed ticket and carry the printed e-ticket from IRCTC and a photo identity proof when you travel. This e-ticket from IRCTC is treated as a valid authority that permits a passenger to travel onboard Indian Railway Trains. In order to book an e-ticket, all you need to do is that you register yourself at the Indian Railway Ticketing website www.irctc.co.in . Once you are logged into IRCTC, you’ll can click on “plan my travel and book my ticket” on the IRCTC Web Site to purchase an e-ticket. Fill in all the details on the IRCTC web Site. Select the e-ticket option and click on ‘go’. Choose your train and then click on ‘book ticket’. Fill in the train number, passengers detail and then click on ‘make payment’ to buy your e-ticket. After successful transaction a confirmation message appears on the screen and then you can take the print out of the e-ticket. IRCTC also send a confirmation email along with your ticket.
You can also cancel an e-ticket on IRCTC (Indian Railways Ticket Booking Web Site). For canceling an e-ticket visit the website and login. Click on ‘booked tickets’ link and select the ticket that you need to cancel. Once canceled your ticket amount will be credited back to your account.
Booking an e-ticket on IRCTC (Indian Railways Ticket Booking Web Site) is a very simple and the fast growing way to make an Indian railway reservation on IRCTC (Indian Railways Ticket Booking Web Site). WWW.INDIANRAIL.GOV.IN is the official website of Indian Railways where you can check PNR status, make Indian Railway Reservation and enquiry, see railway train time tables, etc.
Www.indianrail.gov.in shares a wealth of information on the history of Indian Railway, the railway maps, current Indian Railway headlines and more. Click here to Visit www.Indianrail.gov.in .
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Indian Railways operates both long distance and suburban rail systems like the one that operates in Mumbai. Many cities have their own dedicated suburban networks to cater to commuters. Currently, suburban networks operate in Mumbai (Western and Central), Chennai, Kolkata (Metro), Delhi (Delhi Metro), Hyderabad, Pune-Lonavala and Lucknow-Kanpur. The Suburban trains in Mumbai probably handle more traffic than any other suburban network in the world. The Mumbai Railways network has three lines viz, western, central and harbour. The Central Line starts from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST also called Victoria Terminus or VT) and runs for more than 100 km till Kasara. The Western Line starting from Churchgate runs again for more than 100 km till Dahanu Road. It is thus the longest suburban rail system in the world and the busiest suburban network in the world as it carries more than 6 million passengers each day.
The list of stations on the Mumbai’s Western track is: Churchgate Marine Lines Charni Road Grant Road Mumbai Central Mahalakshmi Lower Parel Elphinstone Road Dadar Matunga Road Mahim Junction Bandra Khar Road Santacruz Vile Parle Andheri Jogeshwari Goregaon Malad Kandivali Borivali Dahisar Mira Road Bhayandar Naigaon Vasai Road Nala Sopara Virar Vaitarna Saphale Kelve Road Palghar Umroli Boisar Vangaon Dahanu Road The Main stations on this route (where fast trains stop) are Churchgate, Mumbai Central, Dadar, Bandra, Andheri, Borivali, Mira Road, Bhayander, Vasai and Virar. Bandra, Khar and Santacruz stations are on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Netwrok.
The Central Line in Mumbai consists of 3 Major corridors. Two corridors on Central Railway run from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST or VT) to Kalyan (54 km), from where it bifurcates into Kalyan-Kasara (67 km) in the north-east and Kalyan-Karjat-Khopoli (61 km) in south-east. These two corridors constitute what is called ‘Main’ Line for Central Railway Network. Key stations on the Central Line are Byculla, Dadar, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Vikhroli, Bhandup, Mulund, Thane, Dombivali and Kalyan.
The other line on the Central Network is the Harbour line. The Harbour Line runs a train corridor from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST - VT) to Andheri, Thane and Panvel. The Harbour line tracks cross over the main line at Sandhurst Road, to head towards stations along Mumbai’s eastern dock area. A branch line from Wadala Road joins the Western Railway Line at Mahim Junction and continues towards Andheri via Bandra. The harbour line shares a common station at Kurla with the main line and the Bandra is also a common location between the western and harbour line.
The list of stations on the Mumbai’s Central Line is:- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST - VT) Masjid Bunder Sandhurst Road Byculla Chinchpokli Currey Road Parel Dadar Matunga Sion Kurla Vidyavihar Ghatkopar Vikhroli Kanjurmarg Bhandup Nahur Mulund Thane Kalwa Mumbra Diwa Dombivli Thakurli Kalyan On Karjat Line Kalyan Vitthalwadi Ulhasnagar Ambarnath Badlapur Vangani Shelu Neral Bhivpuri Road Karjat Palasdari Kelavli Dolavli Lowjee Khopoli On Kasara Line Kalyan Shahad Ambivli Titwala Khadavli Vasind Asangaon Atgaon Khardi Kasara
List of stations on Harbour Line is:
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST - VT) Masjid Sandhurst Road Dockyard Road Reay Road Cotton Green Sewri Wadala road Towards Andheri: Wadala road King’s Circle Mahim Bandra Khar Road Santacruz Vile Parle Andheri Towards Thane and Panvel: Wadala road Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar Chunabhatti Kurla Tilak Nagar Chembur Govandi Mankhurd Towards New Bombay Vashi Sanpada Juinagar Nerul Seawoods CBD Belapur Kharghar Towards Thane Vashi Sanpada Juinagar Turbhe Kopar Khairane Ghansoli Rabale Airoli Thane. Towards Karjat Panvel Chikhale Mohope Chowk Karjat.
Map of Mumbai Train Network can be viewed or downloaded from this site: http://www.irfca.org/faq/map/mumbai.pdf
To try and cope up with ever-increasing demand due to the expanding population of the metropolis, the suburban railways have kept on increasing the number of services operated. Both Central and Western railways have over 1000 services daily, and these, together, handle an estimated 6 million, commuters, daily. Western railway, for instance, has a train arriving into Churchgate at a mind-boggling interval of just 90 seconds or so, during the morning peak-hours.
At an estimated 4000 people per train, just imagine the mass of humanity being discharged at Churchgate every morning! Since the frequency of trains is already near the saturation point, the carrying capacity per train was boosted by 33% by introducing 12-car locals v/s the 9 Car rake earlier. To be able to operate these 12-car services, work has been done on the station platforms, the signal-to-signal spacing, etc.
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