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Monday, October 03, 2005

Mumbai Rail Map Technical



Here is another rail map of Mumbai


This one is more technical in that it color codes the different rail networks that run through this metropolitan city.

The Western Railways, Central Railways and the Harbour Railways are the mail railroad operators. They also run the Local Trains. Local Trains are the lifeline of Mumbai. One cannot imagine this city that never sleeps without its Local Trains. Made immemorable and unforgettable in many a movies, the Local Trains serve more than 20 million people on an average per day.

Mumbai (formerly Bombay, approx. 10 million inh.) currently has four rail corridors exclusive to the mass transit system (with separate tracks) totalling 149 Km. Trains run from 4:00am to 1:00am with a headway of 3 mins during peak hours and ranging from 5 to 10 mins during the rest of the hours of operation. Further, there are currently regular operations with a headway between 10 and 30 mins on other lines not exclusively for mass transit use totalling to 154 Km, in addition to the 149 km system. Alongside much of the mass transit tracks, the long distance tracks also carry 'fast' trains which do not stop at all stations.

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