Updated Nerul-Thane Train Time Table

PLEASE NOTE: This is an older post. Get the latest Nerul-Thane timings as from 21st December 2009 here

New trains were introduced on the Nerul-Thane Route from 27th January 2009 adding to the respite of the commuters in this route. Here's the timetable for the new train timings. Hope it helps all train travellers! Do let me know in case there's any change in the timing.

New trains plying from Nerul to Thane:
Nerul 08:35 - Thane 09:07
Nerul 10:01 - Thane 10:33
Nerul 11:28 - Thane 12:00
Nerul 13:00 - Thane 13:32
Nerul 14:43 - Thane 15:15
Nerul 16:10 - Thane 16:42
Nerul 17:37 - Thane 18:09
Nerul 19:00 - Thane 19:32
Nerul 20:20 - Thane 20:52
Nerul 21:40 - Thane 22:12

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Updated Thane-Nerul-Panvel Train Time Table

New trains were introduced on the Thane-Nerul Route from 27th January 2009 adding to the respite of the commuters in this route. Here's the updated timetable that includes both the old and the new train timings (had added the earlier timings when this train service was introduced here). Hope it helps all train travellers! Do let me know in case there's any change in the timing.

UPDATE 1: New trains are introduced on the route from 21st December 2009!
UPDATE 2: Fast trains introduced from Thane to Panvel for the first time. Click here for detailed timings and stations where the trains will halt.

UPDATE 3: Time Table effective 29th May 2010

Trains plying from Thane to Nerul / Panvel:
Thane 05:50 - Nerul 06:22 (new train from 21st December 2009)
Thane 06:25 - Nerul 06:57 (new train from 21st December 2009)
Thane 07:23 - Nerul 07:55 (new train from 21st December 2009)
Thane 07:55 - Nerul 08:27 (new train from 27th January 2009)
Thane 08:05 - Panvel 9:00
Thane 08:41 - Nerul 09:13 (new train from 21st December 2009)
Thane 09:14 - Nerul 09:46 (new train from 27th January 2009)
Thane 10:03 - Nerul 10:21 (new train from 21st December 2009)
Thane 10:15 - Nerul 10:47 (new train from 27th January 2009)
Thane 10:21 - Nerul 10:53 (new train from 21st December 2009)
Thane 10:30 - Nerul 11:02
Thane 11:25 - Nerul 11:57 (new train from 21st December 2009)
Thane 11:50 - Nerul 12:22
Thane 12:15 - Nerul 12:47 (new train from 27th January 2009)
Thane 13:22 - Nerul 13:54
Thane 14:00 - Nerul 14:32 (new train from 27th January 2009)
Thane 14:54 - Nerul 15:26
Thane 15:30 - Nerul 16:02 (new train from 27th January 2009)
Thane 16:15 - Nerul 16:47
Thane 16:50 - Nerul 17:22 (new train from 27th January 2009)
Thane 17:24 - Nerul 17:56 (new train from 21st December 2009)
Thane 17:50 - Panvel 18:44
Thane 18:20 - Nerul 18:52 (new train from 27th January 2009)
Thane 18:42 - Nerul 19:14 (new train from 21st December 2009)
Thane 19:25 - Nerul 19:57 (new train from 21st December 2009)
Thane 19:40 - Nerul 20:12 (new train from 27th January 2009)
Thane 19:58 - Nerul 20:30
Thane 20:41 - Nerul 21:13 (new train from 21st December 2009)
Thane 21:00 - Nerul 21:32 (new train from 27th January 2009)
Thane 21:40 - Nerul 22:12 (new train from 21st December 2009)

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Thane-Turbhe-Nerul-Panvel Local Trains

New suburban train services on Thane - Turbhe - Nerul route were inaugurated today! Regular train services on these routes will start from January 10 2009.

Now could I ask for more! I really needed trains plying on this route to make my life easier - so that I visit my parents and brother without changing trains or spoiling my mood arguing with the rickshaw drivers who for no reason charge 50% extra.

Now let me make your life easier too. Here are the local train timings of trains plying from Thane to Nerul / Panvel:

Thane 08:05 - Panvel 9:00
Thane 10:30 - Nerul 11:02
Thane 11:50 - Nerul 12:22
Thane 13:22 - Nerul 13:54
Thane 14:54 - Nerul 15:26
Thane 16:15 - Nerul 16:47
Thane 17:50 - Panvel 18:44
Thane 19:58 - Nerul 20:30

Keep this time table handy. Will soon write another post on local train timings from Panvel / Nerul to Thane.

Train timing courtesy: The Times of India January 9 issue

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Ladies Special Train Time - Kurla Station

All right ladies, the special train to CST (central line) reaches Kurla station at 9:01 am

Now don't push me this easy-to-get-in train ;)

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How to get in a crowded train

Getting in a crowded local train in Mumbai isn't that tough really. Of course, experience helps in this case too, after all it's an art and it takes time to master it. But trust me, it's not impossible.

Here are the basics:

1 - If you are thin: Try to be the first one to reach near the door of the train. Others [the ones who are lucky to be much stronger than you] will see to it that you get inside the train so that they are able to.
2 - If you are fat: Hello... why do you think God gifted you those extra kilos? Use them to your advantage. Just push yourself in the train, others in front of you will automatically get in the train. That way, you will do some social work as well.
3 - If you are medium built: Use your judgment. Thin and fat are after all relative terms. Observe the people around you and decide whether you are stronger or weaker than them. Then, as per the situation, choose one of the above categories for yourself.

Hope you board the next train conveniently.

PS - Use the above tactics at your own risk. Don't blame me if you don't succeed. For all you know, I end up boarding the fourth or fifth train that arrives at the station after I reach the platform.

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Ladies special local train - time - Goregaon

If you wish to board a ladies special train to Churchgate from Goregaon station, you have two options.

One ladies special train reaches Goregaon station [platform number 2] at 8:24 am. If it's too early for you, you can catch a 9:31 ladies special. The two trains, I suppose, start from Virar and Borivli respectively [not sure though].

The 8:24 train is more crowded than the other one. You have an advantage if you wish to catch the 9:31 train as in case if you miss it, you can take the Goregaon local that starts from Goregaon at around the same time.

If you wish to board a ladies special train to Virar from Goregaon, you again have two options - 6:30 pm and 7:04 pm. Both the trains start from Churchgate.

Do let me know if you need further info on the same.

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Main pehle utrungi types (I'll be the first to get off the train)

Perhaps they never won any running race in their school days. Perhaps they were always the first from the last. These people seem to have just one motto in life – Leave the world behind, be the first one to get off the train.

So they move fervently towards the door of the local train. They don’t care if the train is crowded, if their pointed heels offer acupuncture to many a feet or if their WWF champions type heavy weight body crushes the lean mean creatures around. They are dead serious when they decide, “Main pehle utrungi / utrunga” (I’ll get off first), and who knows they might even drop you dead if you come in their way!

But don’t worry. It’s not tough to recognize and save yourself from these types. If you notice any or all the following, you have spotted them right:

• The train is packed like hell with no scope to move even your eyelids. Still you observe a person, just one person, moving her shoulders.
• They generally make sounds like – chh…, chh chh…, shhya…, uff…
• With heavy and big shopping bags, they occupy much greater space than their body’s diameter.
• They manage to ask each and every person in the compartment, “Where would you get off?”, “Are you getting down at the next station?”, “Why are you standing here?”, “Are you travelling for the first time?”, “Do you have a proper train ticket?” etc.
• They try to show that they are facing the maximum problem in the crowded train

So, keep these tips handy and have a safe journey. May you not come across the Main pehle utrungi types!

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Travelling to Navi Mumbai

It's amazing how all that we feel about our things is so relative. Travelling beyond Bandra until now was like a real long journey for me. And now, when I need to travel to New Bombay a.k.a. Navi Mumbai, this journey in the western suburbs seems like child's play.

Must learn the tricks of boarding and getting off Navi Mumbai trains soon. Any tips?

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