Train Etiquette - Part 1

What do you do when people push you even while getting in an uncrowded train and there's quite some gap between the platform and footboard? Dhakka-mukki has become a trend... ab toh aadat si hai sabko dhakka maarne ki... People are so used to rushing into crowded trains that sometimes even when the train is blissfully uncrowded, people tend to push others. This unnecessary haste has often led to people slipping onto the tracks and losing their...

Mumbai Local Train - A Musical Journey

Check out this cool video of Mumbai local train travel created by Arun Brahma. Music: Floe Glassworks by Philip Glass If you have something interesting / relevant to this site and wish to share it, do let us know in the comments section he...

Man loses arm thanks to inhuman commuters, authorities

Date: September 24, 2011Time: 8.49 am Location: Ambernath station  Educated commuters travelling in Mumbai trains: Quite a few Humans travelling by Mumbai trains: RARE I am so furious at this moment that if I type for more than 10 minutes I might be using swear words.  45-year old Shivaji Ambavale falls of a train (alright he made a mistake of trying to board a running train, but don't most of us do so?). He loses his arm and is...

Mega block timings for 25 September 2011

Central Railway will operate a mega block today on Sunday, September 25, 2011. Here are the mega block timings you must be aware of if you are planning to travel by local trains in Mumbai today: Mega block on Matunga to Mulund: Fast trains leaving CST between 10.28 am and 3.25 pm will run on slow track from Matunga to Mulund and will halt at all stations in between. Harbour line trains from Panvel / Belapur / Vashi to CST will run on...

Chaloge track se us paar, Pahunchoge zindagi ke us paar

Crossing railway tracks can take us to the ‘other side’ of the world. That’s not where we want to reach, is it? Every other day there is news of someone dying / losing limbs while crossing railway tracks. We all know it’s dangerous, yet once in a while we tend to cross the tracks.  PLEDGE you'll Never Cross Railway Tracks. Like this status message on Facebook / Post this as your status message and spread the word. Let's see how many people...

Woman dies crossing tracks, rescuers lose life too

Yet again, a woman died while crossing tracks. Worse still, two people who tried to save her had to lose their life too! On Sunday afternoon (19 September, 2011), Sangeeta Ahinkar decided to cross the railway tracks near Badlapur station instead of taking the foot-over-bridge at the same spot. She failed to notice a good train approaching. Two men, Shivshankar Shrivastav and Dilip Bhawar, passing by the area noticed the risk the woman was...

Central, Harbour line mega block on 18 September, 2011

Mega block on Matunga to Mulund: Fast trains leaving CST between 10.28 am and 3.25 pm will run on slow track from Matunga to Mulund and will halt at all stations in between. Harbour line trains from Kurla to Vashi will not be operational between 10.21 am to 4.16 pm. Special trains will run between CST and Kurla as well as between Vashi and Panvel during this time. There's no mega block between Bandra / Andheri and CST  ...

Western line trains running late today

Western line trains are running late by a few minutes today.  Update at 9.30 am...

No Mega Block Today

Due to Ganpati visarjan, there won't be a mega block tod...

How to identify First Class compartment in Mumbai trains

Often the non-regular / new Mumbai local train commuters are caught travelling in a first class compartment with a second-class ticket. While some are 'offenders on purpose', many commuters (especially ladies) are unable to differentiate between first class and second class compartments from outside. It is only after they board the first class compartment, they realise it! I have often seen some ladies panicking after realising it and trying to...

Harbour trains running late

Very few harbour line trains were operational between 9 and 10 am today. The up line trains were directed on Central Main line from Kurla....

Central Railway Mega Block Timings Today

Central Railway will operate a mega block today on Sunday September 4, 2011. Here are the mega block timings you must be aware of if you are planning to travel by local trains in Mumbai today: Mega block on Matunga to Mulund: Slow trains leaving Matunga between 10.33 am and 3.59 pm will run on fast track from Matunga to Mulund during this time and will halt at all stations between Sion and Mulund. Mega block from Wadala to Bandra:...