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Mumbai Local Train Services Of Western Railway Hit Due To Technical Issues
Commuters in Mumbai faced significant disruptions on Monday as local train services on the Western Railway network were severely impacted by technical issues because of cable cuts at Borivali station.
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Western Railway To Convert 49 Mumbai Local Train Services To 15-Coach From August 15
The Western Railway's suburban network is spread between Churchgate and Dahanu stations and is used by more than 30 lakh commuters every day.
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Western Railway Launches Mobile App Yatra to Provide Live Status of Trains
The Western Railway (WR) on Wednesday launched a mobile application that will allow commuters to check the live status of trains on its suburban network spread between Churchgate station in south Mumbai and Dahanu in adjoining Palghar district. According to the zonal railway, the app, Yatra, also has several other features.
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Western Railway To Start 4 More Ladies Special Trains In Mumbai
Western Railway will run four ladies special suburban trains from Wednesday, taking the count of such "women's only" services to six and overall daily services on its network to 704 amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Railways Plans 4,000-km Freight Corridor To Connect Industries In East, West, South: Report
The Railways will build nearly 4,000-km dedicated freight corridor connecting industrial areas in the eastern and western parts of the country to southern India through major ports in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, a document on the planned corridors says.
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17 Dead In Separate Railway Accidents In Mumbai
Seventeen persons were killed Thursday in separate mishaps on the suburban network of Western and Central Railways, the railway police said.
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Mumbai Rain Highlights: Roads Remain Waterlogged, Train Services Disrupted
For Mumbai residents, Monday was another day of incessant rain, flooded streets and traffic snarls. Met office said it was heaviest rainfall that the city had received in 24 hours. A woman was crushed under a bus in Kalyan after hitting a pothole on a flooded street. The Western Railway (WR) and Central Railway (CR) were running late by around 15-2...
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168-Kilometre Bengaluru Suburban Railway Project Inches Forward
The South Western Railways has prepared a pre-feasibility report for the long-pending Bengaluru suburban railway, which envisages an investment of Rs. 12,000 crore for the 168-kilometer network, nearly half of which will be elevated, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said.
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Western Railway Installs Sanitary Pads Dispensers, Incinerators For Female Staff
In a unique initiative, the Western Railway Women's Welfare Organisation or WRWWO has installed sanitary napkin dispensers and incinerators for female staff at all its major offices on the network, a top official said here on Wednesday.
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A Mumbai Local Train Derailed, Another Approached, And A Brake Hit Hard
Hundreds of lives were in jeopardy for a few seconds this morning as a local train in Mumbai lurched off course. The seven compartments of the train, operating on the Western Line, slid onto the adjoining track. Disaster was averted as an alert driver on the approaching train hit the brakes, preventing a collision.
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Mumbai's Khar Station Turns 90
The Khar station on Mumbai's suburban rail network, which became operational on July 1, 1924, as part of Western Railway's plan to decongest and serve as an extension of the Bandra suburb, turned 90 on Tuesday.
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This nullah is making Priya Dutt angry
The familiar 1.2-km long nullah flowing underneath railway tracks on the Bandra-Khar stretch of the Western Railway network is making MP Priya Dutt see red. And she's not alone in her fury. Every monsoon, the shallow nullah 24-25, which has its final outfall in the Chamdavadi nullah, routinely inundates the railway tracks, disrupting train services...
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Mumbai Local Train Services Of Western Railway Hit Due To Technical Issues
Commuters in Mumbai faced significant disruptions on Monday as local train services on the Western Railway network were severely impacted by technical issues because of cable cuts at Borivali station.
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Western Railway To Convert 49 Mumbai Local Train Services To 15-Coach From August 15
The Western Railway's suburban network is spread between Churchgate and Dahanu stations and is used by more than 30 lakh commuters every day.
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Western Railway Launches Mobile App Yatra to Provide Live Status of Trains
The Western Railway (WR) on Wednesday launched a mobile application that will allow commuters to check the live status of trains on its suburban network spread between Churchgate station in south Mumbai and Dahanu in adjoining Palghar district. According to the zonal railway, the app, Yatra, also has several other features.
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Western Railway To Start 4 More Ladies Special Trains In Mumbai
Western Railway will run four ladies special suburban trains from Wednesday, taking the count of such "women's only" services to six and overall daily services on its network to 704 amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Railways Plans 4,000-km Freight Corridor To Connect Industries In East, West, South: Report
The Railways will build nearly 4,000-km dedicated freight corridor connecting industrial areas in the eastern and western parts of the country to southern India through major ports in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, a document on the planned corridors says.
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17 Dead In Separate Railway Accidents In Mumbai
Seventeen persons were killed Thursday in separate mishaps on the suburban network of Western and Central Railways, the railway police said.
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Mumbai Rain Highlights: Roads Remain Waterlogged, Train Services Disrupted
For Mumbai residents, Monday was another day of incessant rain, flooded streets and traffic snarls. Met office said it was heaviest rainfall that the city had received in 24 hours. A woman was crushed under a bus in Kalyan after hitting a pothole on a flooded street. The Western Railway (WR) and Central Railway (CR) were running late by around 15-2...
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168-Kilometre Bengaluru Suburban Railway Project Inches Forward
The South Western Railways has prepared a pre-feasibility report for the long-pending Bengaluru suburban railway, which envisages an investment of Rs. 12,000 crore for the 168-kilometer network, nearly half of which will be elevated, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said.
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Western Railway Installs Sanitary Pads Dispensers, Incinerators For Female Staff
In a unique initiative, the Western Railway Women's Welfare Organisation or WRWWO has installed sanitary napkin dispensers and incinerators for female staff at all its major offices on the network, a top official said here on Wednesday.
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A Mumbai Local Train Derailed, Another Approached, And A Brake Hit Hard
Hundreds of lives were in jeopardy for a few seconds this morning as a local train in Mumbai lurched off course. The seven compartments of the train, operating on the Western Line, slid onto the adjoining track. Disaster was averted as an alert driver on the approaching train hit the brakes, preventing a collision.
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Mumbai's Khar Station Turns 90
The Khar station on Mumbai's suburban rail network, which became operational on July 1, 1924, as part of Western Railway's plan to decongest and serve as an extension of the Bandra suburb, turned 90 on Tuesday.
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This nullah is making Priya Dutt angry
The familiar 1.2-km long nullah flowing underneath railway tracks on the Bandra-Khar stretch of the Western Railway network is making MP Priya Dutt see red. And she's not alone in her fury. Every monsoon, the shallow nullah 24-25, which has its final outfall in the Chamdavadi nullah, routinely inundates the railway tracks, disrupting train services...
