More capacity in Mumbai

Every day, the 302 route-km Mumbai suburban rail network operates as a surface metro carrying 6·1 million passengers in 1985 trains. To say that the network is heavily overloaded is an understatement, with as many as 4600 people travelling in, and on, nine-car trains during the morning peak hours. Plans ...

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