10 Facts About Mumbai Suburban Railway

1. Mumbai Suburban Railway services are run by electric multiple units in 191 rakes (train sets) of 9-car, 12-car and 15-car composition.

2. Mumbai Suburban Railway is an offshoot of the first railway to be built by the British in India, and is the oldest railway system in Asia.

3. Mumbai Suburban Railway desperately needs an overhaul of its public transportation system.

4. Mumbai Suburban Railway rains: Local train services resume, city still on high-alert.

5. Mumbai Suburban Railway has regularly been used for film shoots.

6. Mumbai Suburban Railway has suffered 8 blasts and around 368 people are believed to have died as a result.

7. In 2010, Western Mumbai Suburban Railway has pledged that its trains will stop running if "even a single person" is seen travelling on the roof.

8. Mumbai Suburban Railway services are run by electric multiple units in 191 rakes (train sets) of 12-car and 15-car composition.

9. Mumbai Suburban Railway is an offshoot of the first passenger railway to be built by the British in India, and is the oldest railway system in Asia.

10. Mumbai Suburban Railway consists of exclusive inner suburban railway lines augmented by commuter rail on main lines serving outlying suburbs to serve the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.