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This is higher than the population of India according to the 2011 Census, which was recorded as 121.01 crores. During the same period, Western Railway sold 270.3 million tickets and 13.7 million season passes, earning a total revenue of ₹ 818.48 crore (US$95 million) from its suburban rail operations. [11]
Western Railway's Mumbai Suburban section extends from Churchgate to Dahanu Road(123 km). Western Railway operates 1394 EMU services on this section with 96 being AC services. The suburban section is the lifeline of city, with commuters travelling more than 60 km distances to reach their workplace.
The Mumbai Suburban Railway is an offshoot of the first passenger railway to be built by the British East India Company, and is also the oldest railway system in Asia.The first train was run by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (now Central Railway) between Bori Bunder (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) and Thane, a distance of 34 km (21 mi), on 16 April 1853 at 15:35.
A station named 'Dadur' existed on the first suburban train service of the erstwhile BB&CI Railway (today's Western Railway), when it began the service on 12 April 1867, suggesting the WR side station was established sometime in the 1860s. The express train Terminus on Central line side was constructed and opened on 1968. [4]
The last direct current (DC) suburban local train ran on the Harbour line on 10 April 2016. The special train left Kurla at 11:30 pm and reached CSMT at 12:15 am. The iconic yellow-and-maroon DC local trains had their first service on 3 February 1925, when the first electric local ran between CSMT and Kurla ran on the Harbour line.
Beijing Suburban Railway: 4 22 364.7 Changsha: Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan intercity railway: 1 21 97.6 Chengdu: Chengdu Commuter Rail: 2 33 194.3 Guiyang: Guiyang railway loop line: 1 17 113 Haikou: Haikou Suburban Rail: 1 7 51.4 Lanzhou: Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway: 1 6 61 Ningbo: Ningbo Suburban Railway: 1 3 48.7 Pearl ...
However, the Kolkata Suburban Railway is the largest suburban railway network in India by track length and number of stations. [14] The overall track length is 1,501 km (933 mi) and has 458 stations. [15] The system is operated by two zonal divisions (under Indian Railways), Eastern Railways (ER) and South Eastern Railways (SER).
The line had previously been serviced by regular trains. The EMU service reduced end-to-end travel time on the line from 2.5 hours to 1.5 hours. [1] Nine-car trains were operated on the Pune Suburban Railway until March 2009, when they were replaced by 12-car services. CR also operates 13-car trains. [3]