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OVERVIEW OF THE EXISTING MUMBAI SUBURBAN RAILWAY
- 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 – 7.2 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)
- 196 rakes (train sets) of 9-car, 12-car & 15-car composition are utilized to run more than 2700 train services.
- It is operated on 1500 Volt DC / 25 KV AC power supply from overhead catenary.
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Source : Welcome to Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Ltd. CMS Team Last Reviewed on: 13-12-2012 
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