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Public Transport in Mumbai involves the transport of millions of its citizens by train, road and water. Over 88%^[1] of the commuters in Mumbai prefer to use public transport (suburban trains or buses) since it is most convenient, efficient, cheap and punctual. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (720x1167, 436 KB)Places in Bombay File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (720x1167, 436 KB)Places in Bombay File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... , “Bombay” redirects here. ... , “Bombay” redirects here. ... Skytrain Bangkok. ...

Mumbai's public transport primarily comprises:

• Public Bus Service (BEST):
  • This system is run by a government organization Bombay Electric Supply & Transport. It has a fleet of red single and double-decker buses. There are newly introduced air conditioned and low floor buses .

• Suburban Electric Trains: Local Railway Lines
  • Western Railway running between Churchgate and Virar.
  • Central Railway running between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Formerly known as Victoria Terminus [V.T.]) and Karjat and Kasara.
  • Harbour Line running between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Formerly known as Victoria Terminus [V.T.]) and Mankhurd. This railway line has now been extended to Navi Mumbai and Panvel. A new line harbour line has extended from Panvel to Karjat.

• Public Taxi/Autorickshaw Services:
  • Black and yellow metered taxis
  • Blue and silver airconditioned metered taxis known as Cool Cabs
  • Black and yellow metered Autorickshaws which are not allowed in the Central area (between Colaba & Mahim in the West and Colaba and Sion in the East) of the city.

• Waterway Services:
  • Hovercraft services connect Vashi, in Navi Mumbai to the Gateway of India. On the West, this service links Chowpatty to Juhu.
  • Ferry services are available to visit Elephanta Caves and to nearby places such as Alibaug, Rewas and Mandwa.

The BEST (Marathi: बृहन्मुंबई विद्युतपुरवठा आणि परिवहन उपक्रम / बेस्ट) or the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport is Mumbais public transport service and electricity provider. ... Churchgate is an area in downtown South Mumbai getting its name from the famous Churchgate Railway Station. ... Virar is the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway (India) railway line. ... Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) (better referred to by its acronym CST) - is a historic railway station on Mumbai suburban railway. ... Karjat is a smalll town in central India. ... , Kasara (Marathi: कसारा) is a census town in Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. ... Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) (better referred to by its acronym CST) - is a historic railway station on Mumbai suburban railway. ... Mankhurd is a suburb of Mumbai. ... Navi Mumbai (Marathi: नवी मुंबई) (erstwhile: New Bombay) is a satellite twin of the city of Mumbai, India. ... Panvel is in the Raigad district of Maharashtra. ... Panvel is in the Raigad district of Maharashtra. ... Karjat is a smalll town in central India. ... Colaba is a part of the city of Bombay. ... Mahim is the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway (India) railway line. ... Colaba is a part of the city of Bombay. ... Sion (Sheev in Marathi) is a suburb of Mumbai. ... BHC SR-N4 The worlds largest car and passenger carrying hovercraft A Hovercraft, or Air-Cushion Vehicle (ACV), is an amphibious vehicle or craft, designed to travel over any sufficiently smooth surface - land or water - supported by a cushion of slowly moving, low-pressure air, ejected downwards against the... Shivaji Chowk Vashi is a beautiful township in the city of Navi Mumbai, and was one of the first nodes developed by CIDCO in the city. ... Navi Mumbai (Marathi: नवी मुंबई) (erstwhile: New Bombay) is a satellite twin of the city of Mumbai, India. ... The Gateway of India as seen from the water. ... Juhu is a suburb of Mumbai. ... Carvings line the walls inside the caves. ... Alibag or Alibaug is a coastal town in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, India. ... The Rewas - Avare Port is a shipping port in the Mumbai harbour. ...

The History of Mumbai's Public Transport

Further information: Bombay Electric Supply and Transport The Bombay Electric Supply and Transport now christened Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking is an electricity and public transport undertaking of city municipality. ...

Before 1920

The Bombay Tramway Company Limited was formally set up in 1873. After a contract was entered into between the Bombay Tramway Company and the municipality, the Bombay Presidency enacted the Bombay Tramways Act, 1874, under which the Company was licensed to run a tramway service in the city. The tram-cars were of two kinds—those drawn by one horse and those drawn by two. In 1905, a newly formed concern, The Bombay Electric Supply & Tramways Company Limited, bought the Bombay Tramway Company and the first electrically operated tram-car appeared on Bombay's roads in 1907. The passing years aggravated the problem of rush-hour traffic and to ease the situation, double decker trams were introduced in September, 1920. 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A contract is a legally binding exchange of promises or agreement between parties that the law will enforce. ... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... Bombay Presidency was a former province of British India. ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

1920-1940

Bombay saw its first bus run on 15 July 1926 between Afgan Church and Crawford Market. The people of Bombay received the bus with enthusiasm, but it took quite some time before this means of conveyance really established itself. For several years, it was looked upon as transport for the upper middle class. Those were the days when the tram was the poor man's transport; it carried one all the way from Sassoon Dock to Dadar for a mere anna and a half, that was nine paise. The bus fare for the same journey was four annas, that is 25 paise. July 15 is the 196th day of the year (197th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Crawford Market is one of Bombays most famous markets. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Sasoon Docks The Sassoon Docks is one of the few docks open to the public in Mumbai. ... Dadar station (E) with a view of the Shri Swaminarayan BAPS mandir. ... Anna can refer to a variety of people, objects, and ideas. ... A Paisa is one-hundredth subdivision of currency, often rupees. ...

In response to the pleas made by the Government and the Bombay Municipal Corporation, the Company extended its services to the northern part of the city in 1934. Double deck buses were introduced in 1937 in order to cope better with the growing traffic. The first Limited Bus service in Bombay, and probably the first in the country as well, started running in 1940 between Colaba and Mahim. Indias richest municipal organisation. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Colaba is a part of the city of Bombay. ... Mahim is the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway (India) railway line. ...

Post 1940

Pursuant to the option given to it under the Deed of Concession granted to the Bombay Electric Supply and Tramways Co.Ltd, the Bombay Municipal Corporation acquired on 7 August 1947, the assets of the combined Undertaking, namely the operation of tramways and distribution of electricity in the city of Bombay as a going concern. By mutual agreement, the Corporation also took over the operation of the bus services, which was run by the B.E.S. & T. Company Ltd. Image File history File links BEST_Bus_Mumbai. ... Image File history File links BEST_Bus_Mumbai. ... Indias richest municipal organisation. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...

Thus, the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport Company was municipalised and came to be known as Bombay Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking. The BEST (Marathi: बृहन्मुंबई विद्युतपुरवठा आणि परिवहन उपक्रम / बेस्ट) or the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport is Mumbais public transport service and electricity provider. ...

When the Corporation took over the Company in 1947, there were 242 buses in operation on 23 routes and these buses carried 2.38 lakh passengers per day. At present, there are 3380 buses carrying 45 lakhs passengers daily on 335 routes. With the change in the name of the city from Bombay to Mumbai, the organisation is now known as The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking. A lakh (Hindi: लाख, Urdu: Ù„Ú©Ú¾, Bengali: , Tamil : இலட்சம்) is a unit in the Indian numbering system, widely used both in official and other contexts in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. ...

The B.E.S.T. buses run every five to 30 minutes. All these buses carry their route numbers on their front. The final destination is marked in the front in Marathi and on the side in English. Marathi is one of the widely spoken languages of India, and has a long literary history. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

• BEST has introduced semi deluxe and Air-conditioned services on certain routes.
• From 19th November 2004, Route Special 8 plying from Churchgate to World Trade Centre started accepting cashless smart cards for Automatic Fare Collection in BEST buses.
• BEST has 230+ environment friendly CNG buses on its fleet and is planning to increase these buses.
• On August 18,2005, BEST introduced the first lot of disabled-friendly buses(five buses with special wheel chair-accessible low floors) into its service.
• In view of 7/11 bombings, BEST is planning to install an audio-visual surveillance system on each of its buses by December 2006 to monitor suspicious behaviour aboard its vehicles.

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Railway network

Main article: Mumbai Suburban Railway

Mumbai Suburban Railway, the lifeline of Mumbai

The Mumbai Suburban Railway is the oldest in Asia, it was founded in 1847. It is owned by Indian Railways and is operated by Western Railways and Central Railways. With a length of 303 km, it claims to have the highest passenger density in the world, 6.1 million people daily. It has three lines: the Western Line, the Central Line, and the Harbour Line. Suburban rail network. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1728x1152, 1625 KB)Bombay local trains File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1728x1152, 1625 KB)Bombay local trains File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Suburban rail network. ... , “Bombay” redirects here. ... Suburban rail network. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Indian Railways (Hindi: भारतीय रेल), abbreviated as IR, is a Department of Government of India, under Ministry of Railways and is tasked with operating the rail natwork in India. ... The Western Railway is one of the 16 zones of Indian Railways, and is among the busiest railroad networks in India. ... For information about the company in the UK called Central Railway see Central Railway (UK) The Central Railway is one of the 16 zones of Indian Railways, and is one of the largest. ...

These suburban trains are popularly known as Locals and they run from 4 AM till 1 AM. Mumbai suburban services have various such designations (not all of them official, but in wide use). A 'fast' train or 'fast local' is essentially one that is fast (runs express, skipping stops) until a certain station, and from that station onwards runs like a local, e.g., the Virar Fast runs express to Borivli, and then from there on is a local. The Karjat Fast is an express until Kalyan. The Ambarnath Fast Local goes CSTM - Dadar - Thane and thereafter stops at all stations on its route. The Borivli Fast Local used to run (1980s) from Jogeshwari to Bombay Central non-stop.

The term 'superfast local' is sometimes used too, e.g., for trains that skip stations to reach Virar early in the down direction so they are available earlier to carry more passengers in the up direction later. On WR (Western Railway) lines, the term 'fast' train is often applied to one that runs as an express until Bandra or Andheri. A 'double-fast' is one that runs as an express for an even longer stretch compared to the 'fast' services.

On CR (Central Railway) lines, the term 'fast' train is often applied to any train that runs as an express to Kalyan, or until its terminus. There used to be a Kalyan Fast that ran non-stop from Ghatkopar to Bombay VT (now CST). The term 'semi-fast' is sometimes applied to trains that run express until Thane. The term 'bada-fast' (Hindi 'bada'= big) was used for services running express between Borivli - Bandra - Marine Lines, and is sometimes synonymous with 'double-fast'. The term 'triple-fast' has been reported (from a long time back) for express services between Dahisar and Marine Lines.

In year 1992, Mumbai's WR and CR introduced 'Ladies Special' trains. A 'Complete Ladies Special' train has all its coaches reserved for women passengers. A 'Semi-Ladies Special' is a train with a few (e.g., 3) coaches reserved for women. These designations can be combined with 'fast', 'slow', etc., so you have terms such as 'Slow Complete Ladies Special', 'Semi-Fast Semi-Ladies', etc. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

Metro

Further information: Mumbai Metro

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Taxis

The Taxis arrived in 1911 to compliment horse wagons. The black and yellow Fiat taxis in Mumbai, are integral part of the city's heritage and have been depicted in numerous Bollywood movies. These metered taxis ply throughout Mumbai and have monopoly from Bandra to Churchgate on the Western line and Sion to Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus on the Central line. Beyond Sion and Bandra auto rickshaws are not allowed and one has to hire a taxi. However between Sion to Thane and Bandra to Bhayandar, Taxis and autorickshaws ply. A mechnical meter decides the fare and is proportional to the distance traveled. 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Fiat Group, or Fiat S.p. ... Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. ... , “Bombay” redirects here. ... Mumbai as seen from Bandra Reclamation A stall on Linking Road Bandra (Marathi : वांद्रे) is a suburb of Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), popularly nick-named Queen Of The Suburbs. It is home to a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway, Western line. ... Churchgate is an area in downtown South Mumbai getting its name from the famous Churchgate Railway Station. ... Sion (Sheev in Marathi) is a suburb of Mumbai. ... CST Railway Station Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) (better referred to by its acronym CST) - is a historic railway station on Mumbai suburban railway. ... Sion (Sheev in Marathi) is a suburb of Mumbai. ... Mumbai as seen from Bandra Reclamation A stall on Linking Road Bandra (Marathi : वांद्रे) is a suburb of Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), popularly nick-named Queen Of The Suburbs. It is home to a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway, Western line. ... Passengers and drivers meet at this auto rickshaw stand in Chennai. ... Sion (Sheev in Marathi) is a suburb of Mumbai. ... For the Anglo-Saxon royal retainer, see Thegn. ... Mumbai as seen from Bandra Reclamation A stall on Linking Road Bandra (Marathi : वांद्रे) is a suburb of Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), popularly nick-named Queen Of The Suburbs. It is home to a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway, Western line. ... A view of the railway line facing north - courtesy Michelle Fernandes Bhayandar is a region in Thane District near Mumbai, on the west coast of India. ...

Number of taxis (cabs): About 30,000-45,000.

From October /November 2006, new white/yellow cabs will start replacing the older black and yellow taxis on the Mumbai streets. Reasonably good health black and yellow taxis will still be on the road. The new white/yellow taxis will be air conditioned and fitted with GPS, cordless phones and electronic meters with printers. These new taxis will charge a little extra than the traditional black and yellow taxis because of the luxury frills. , “Bombay” redirects here. ...

Auto rickshaws

Auto Rickshaws are three-wheeler scooters, which can accommodate three people. Apart from Buses, Trains and Taxis, Autorickshaws play an important role of public transport in Mumbai. As per the new ruiling of the Mumbai High Court, all autorickshaws use CNG as the fuel. Autorickhaws are not permitted to enter the suburbs beyound Sion and Bandra in South Mumbai. Autorickshaws registed in Mumbai are not allowed travel beyond the muncipal limits of Mumbai. They have been allowed to ply between Sion to Mulund on the route of Central Railway and up to Mankhurd on the Harbour line. People who wish to travel beyond Mumbai to suburbs like Vashi, Airoli have to catch another rickshaw. On the western railwyas route they are allowed to ply between Bandra and Bhayandar only. Image File history File links Autos_Flyover_Mumbai. ... Image File history File links Autos_Flyover_Mumbai. ... Passengers and drivers meet at this auto rickshaw stand in Chennai. ... CNG can mean: Compressed natural gas Comfort Noise Generator used in Speech Codecs to insert artificial noise during silent intervals of speech. ... Sion (Sheev in Marathi) is a suburb of Mumbai. ... Mulund East-West Bridge Mulund is a north-eastern suburb of Mumbai, India. ... Mankhurd is a suburb of Mumbai. ... Shivaji Chowk Vashi is a beautiful township in the city of Navi Mumbai, and was one of the first nodes developed by CIDCO in the city. ... Airoli is a suburb in the city of Navi Mumbai. ... Mumbai as seen from Bandra Reclamation A stall on Linking Road Bandra (Marathi : वांद्रे) is a suburb of Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), popularly nick-named Queen Of The Suburbs. It is home to a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway, Western line. ... Mira-Bhayandar is a city, in the district of Thane, in the western state of Maharashtra, in India, located around 20 kms to the north of Mumbai on the the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway. ...

A mechnical meter decides the fare and is proportional to distance travelled.

Terror attacks

There have been 13 terror attacks on Mumbai's public transportation including 2 serial blasts killing around 274 people.

• 06 December 2002 - Bomb goes off in a bus in Ghatkopar killing 2
• 27 January 2003 - Bomb goes off on a bicycle in Vile Parle killing 1
• 14 March 2003 - Bomb goes off in a train in Mulund killing 10
• 28 July 2003 - Bomb goes off in a bus in Ghatkopar killing 4
• 25 August 2003 - Two Bombs go off in cars near the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar killing 50
• 11 July 2006 - Series of seven bombs go off in trains killing 207

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See also

Timeline of Mumbai events See also: History of Mumbai, Mumbai // up to 18th century 600 BC — First known permanent settlement. ...

References

1. ^ Mumbai Urban Transport Project

Indian Railway Article on Mumbai Local Trains

Indian Railway FAQ

BEST Undertaking Information