Local Trains-Lifeline of Mumbai.

Mumbai locals are rightly called the lifeline of the city, with almost all of the city’s inhabitants relying on them to get to work or other destinations at some point of time. Many of them rely on these services on a daily basis. This is why Mumbai Suburban Railways operates over 2,300 train services every single day.Local trains carry a whooping 8 million people everyday from it employees to dabbawalas all use the local trains for commuting.Most people use local train because it saves time and for mumbaikrs time is everything they cannot waste time waiting in traffic so most people prefer the local trains which are easy and convenient to travel and the railway lines spans 450 kms which makes the city well connected.

Mumbai’s local trains rarely stop functioning and they do not get much of a rest. Each night the railway lines will only fall silent for a brief interval of one and a half hour, between 2:05 am, when the last train pulls into Borivali, and 4:15 am, when the first trains sets out from Churchgate. On the Central line too, the last train reaches Karjat at 2:45 am, while the first train leaves from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 4:12 am. 

In conclusion, Mumbai locals are rightly called the lifeline of the city, with almost all of the city’s inhabitants relying on them to get to work or other destinations at some point of time. Many of them rely on these services on a daily basis. This is why Mumbai Suburban Railways operates over 2,300 train services every single day and it is used by both rich and poor,men and women,older and younger and the best part is they don’t fall silent.

BY-vijay naraharisetty
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