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Surat railway station is one of the busiest railway station in Western Railway in non-junction category where more than 180 trains pass per day. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Western Railway General Manager's official bungalow 'Bombarci' (abbreviation of Bom bay, Bar oda and C entral I ndia) is located on Altamont road in Cumbala hill, Mumbai.
As of 27 March 2012, the Western line has approximately 1,290 local services running which carry about 3.55 million commuters every day. [20] These 1290 local services are operated using 80 trains. [21] Western Railways' EMUs are in 12 car and 15 car formations. [22] The first 9-car service on the Western line ran on 2 March 1961.
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]
A working timetable (WTT) - (Fr. horaire de service (HDS) or service annuel (SA); N. America Employee timetable) - The data defining all planned train and rolling-stock movements which will take place on the relevant infrastructure during the period for which it is in force; within the EU, it is established once per calendar year. [1]
Clock on The Exchange, Bristol, showing two minute hands, one for London time and one for Bristol time (GMT minus 11 minutes).. Railway time was the standardised time arrangement first applied by the Great Western Railway in England in November 1840, the first recorded occasion when different local mean times were synchronised and a single standard time applied.
On 16 April 2013 Western Railway started services for Dahanu Road station i.e. Churchgate–Dahanu Local Train (EMU) In 2002 Western Railway announced that it would extend the EMU service from Virar up to Dahanu Road. [2] On 16 April 2013 Western Railway Started Services For Dahanu Road to Churchgate Using EMU Trains. [3]
This railway division was formed on 1 April 2003 and its headquarter is located at Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat of India. Mumbai WR railway division, Vadodara railway division, Bhavnagar railway division, Rajkot railway division and Ratlam railway division are the other five railway divisions under WR Zone headquartered at Churchgate, Mumbai.