Overview of Mumbai suburban network

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Sunanda K. Chavan
 The Suburban Railway System in Mumbai is the most complex, densely loaded and intensively utilized system in the world.


 It has the highest passenger density in the World - 6.3 million commuters travel everyday.


 Two zonal Railways, Western Railway (WR) and Central Railway (CR), operate the Mumbai Suburban Railway System.


 It is spread over an expanse of 319 route kms.


 The suburban services are run by Electric Multiple Units (EMUs).


 191 rakes (train sets) of 9-car and 12-car composition are utilized to run a total of 2226 train services.


 It is operated on 1500 Volt DC power supply from overhead catenary
 
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