Woman's Body Found In Mumbai's First Local Train

Once again a murderer succeeded in 'dumping' the victim's body in a Mumbai local train. Once again, we have reasons to doubt the security measures as we realise that anyone can get into a local with a huge gunny bag and leave it in a compartment without being noticed. Once again, we see the gory face of the city. A young woman's body was found in a local train at Churchgate station on Monday, April 24 2011. The body was bundled in a gunny bag and...

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Mulund-Matunga Mega Block Today

Some of the trains on the central line will be cancelled today. Between Mulund and CST stations: Fast trains will run on the slow line from 6.09 am to 12.50 pm and will halt at all stations...

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Track Laying Goof-ups Wasting Our Money

Did you know that Railways is working on a project to lay two new lines that will separate suburban and national rail traffic? Goof-up!  If this wows you, you must know how hard the authorities are working on this - they are toiling for over one and a half decades now!!! Yes, the idea was conceived in the 1990s and since then there have been a lot many problems and goof-ups. At this point, you might want to know that when the first-ever...

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Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express Tragedy Averted

Had it not been for pantry in-charge Pawan Kumar and his colleagues, the headlines today would have been much more disturbing. The pantry car of the 12951 Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express caught fire at around 2.20 am near Thuriya station (close to Ratlam) on Monday, April 18 2011. The fire then spread to the adjoining B6 and B7 coaches. The pantry car was completely destroyed but due to the presence of mind of the pantry in-charge and the timely...

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Mega block timings - April 17

Planning to travel by a local train today? Remember, it's Sunday and there will be a mega block on most of the lines due to maintenance work. Here are the mega block timings when the local train services will be affected: Matunga to Mulund: The local trains that generally run on the slow track (leaving Matunga station between 10.33 am to 3.59 pm) will be diverted on the fast track and and will stop at Sion, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Vikhroli, Bhandup and Mulund stations. Slow trains (down) will not stop at Vidyavihar, Kanjurmarg and Nahur stations during...

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Sunday On Thursday - Weekend Timetable Today

As per the announcements made at Vashi station, Harbour and Main line trains will be running as per Sunday timetable today. So expect lesse frequency and obviously more crowd in the trains. Also, please note that since today is Ambedkar Jayanti and many people visit Dadar, you will face a lot of crowd today, especially at Dadar station. Based on my experience on travelling on April 14 from Dadar, I would suggest that you avoid the peak hours today. If you have any updates, please share here. For latest updates, you can join our Facebook page...

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