Traveling Experience in Mumbai local Train.

The Mumbai Suburban Railway system is the division of the public transport scheme of Mumbai, is provided for by the state-run Indian Railways' two zonal Western Railways and Central Railways. The system takes more than 6.9 million commuters on a daily basis and amount to more than half of the total daily passenger capacity of the Indian Railways itself. It has one of the maximum passenger compactness of any urban railway organization in the world. The trains running on its routes are commonly named as local trains or simply as dhimi locals by the general populace.

Local Trains solves major transport problem Mumbai. Most of the city-dwellers depend on Mumbai Suburban Railway to travel within the metropolis. The wide-ranging network of Railways generally named as three lines Western Line, the Central Main Line and the Harbour Line. Mumbai is totally covered by local train network.

Generally I use my car or office car for traveling. Some time I travel by bus. But yesterday I decided to travel by train, so I traveled by train from Koperkhareian to Lower Parle, what I experience that I gained I am going to explain. Yesterday was first journey in local train in Mumbai. I had never any idea about Mumbai local train before. I was waited train in platform, I asked a person which I train I will cache to go Lower Parle, that fellow told me by which train you want to go, i told him, I didn’t get ,I mean what train means, local train. He explained me here is two type of train, one is local train and another one dhimi local train, I asked that what’s meaning local train and dhimi local train, so he told, this was first time I know that two type of local train, I have also visited in kolkota’s local train, there you will get one train for local journey.


Traveling in second class is absolutely very cheap, but it is outstandingly crowded. For women, there are special coaches on both classes in all the trains. They are quite better and safer than the common ones. So the local train filled to capacity, with people hanging out of the doorway, and perched atop the train. This is a sight most Mumbaikars are glowing accustomed to. Efforts by the civic body to somehow reduce the congestion have so far been unfruitful.


Anyway from Koper kharaina to Lower Parle I changed four trains to reach my destination. This was first time that I changed four trains within three hours.What I goanna going to say Mumbai dhimi local train and also local train are so much rush. I cached one local train, the train is too much rush, even also no place to keep on foot, people are gathering in front of the gate instead of going inside. In a bogie you can noticed that passengers are excess, No air to take, it was very difficult to take me air, Through out my traveling I didn’t get any seat even also no free place to stand. My shoe was getting full of dust and my shirts that you can determine. I was thinking how the people are daily traveling in local train.

So the local train filled to capacity, with people hanging out of the doorway, and perched atop the train. This is a sight most Mumbaikars are glowing accustomed to. Efforts by the civic body to somehow reduce the congestion have so far been unfruitful.


One traveler was traveling this train with her four children, I was noticed her, at that time I was thinking how she traveled in rush train. I asked that lady, Madam how you traveled in dhimi local train with your child, even also no space to stand. She told what we will do bus service is not available frequently and also train. I was thinking when I will reach my destination. I didn’t get any bus so I thought I have to return by train, I was booked ticket form Lower Parle to Dader I got empty train, so think it’s ok., then I went to Kurla. In kurula station I was waiting train to vasi station, after few spend I noticed that one local train is coming that is only local not dhimi local, Iasked one gently man, this will go Vashi, he told yes, what I will say, the train is full of pack, this train just stand only 2 minutes, according to me in two minute it was very difficult to inside such a rush train, I missed that train any how I cached another train then I reached Vashi station.So this was my first experience travel in local train, really traveling in local train is very dangerous. So when traveling bewares pocket kepper, in local train there is chance of thief.



According to me Mumbai should needs Bypass Surgery

Mumbai needs lot of infrastructural as well as techno-politic upgrades need to be implemented in order to guarantee a comfortable ride to the average Mumbaikar. Generally the ‘rush hour’ needs to be tackled as well. More people should not drawn toward the public transport system.

2 Responses
  1. aNIRUDDHA Says:

    It's a good blog , it contains great deal of information about our daily life travelling.


  2. Anonymous Says:

    the main negative point of the metropolitan city is too much croudy.........banglore is one of them


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