page_title: Mumbai Suburban Railway
section_title: Network
hierarchical_section_title: Mumbai Suburban Railway / Network
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a heatmap showing the density of local trains and stations in Mumbai metropolitan region. The Island City District is having the highest density of local trains and stations as it is serviced by 3 railway lines i.e. Western, Central &amp; Harbour in a narrow land strip. As we move out of this city region, we can see that the neighbourhoods/suburbs even within MCGM limits and also those beyond MCGM limits are serviced by only one railway line. For instance, the Western suburbs are serviced only by Western Line while the Central burbs are serviced only by Central Line and most of the neighbourhoods of Navi Mumbai are serviced by either the Harbour or the Trans-Harbour Line. The raster heatmap has been created in QGIS software using the local train stations as a point vector layer and number of trains per day at each station as an additional weight factor. The raw data for the entire map has been downloaded from OpenStreetMap. All editing and rendering to produce this final map has been done in QGIS software. The stations within MCGM limits have a higher number of trains than those in the remote suburbs. The frequency of trains decreases as we go away from Mumbai. Only those railway lines through which local trains run, are marked in this map. Data of no. of trains at each station has been taken from Railway Websites.
context_page_description: The 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. Spread over 390 kilometres, the suburban railway operates 2,342 train services and carries more than 7.5 million commuters daily. By annual ridership, the Mumbai Suburban Railway is one of the busiest commuter rail systems in the world. Trains run from 04:00 until 01:00, and some trains also run up to 02:30. It is the first suburban rail network in India.
context_section_description: The Mumbai Suburban Railway system is operated by Indian Railways' two zonal divisions Western Railways (WR) and Central Railways (CR). The fast commuter rail corridors on Central Railway as well as Western Railway are shared with long-distance and freight trains, while inner suburban services operate on exclusive parallel tracks. WR operates the Western Line and CR operates the Central Line, Harbour Line, Trans-Harbour Line, Vasai-Panvel Line and Neral-Matheran & Panvel-Karjat Line.
caption: Heatmap of Mumbai Local Train & Station Density taking into account the proximity of stations and the frequency of trains. Density Scale: Dark Red (highest) to Light Yellow (lowest).South Mumbai has the highest density (dark red) as it is serviced by 3 railway lines (Western, Central & Harbour) in a narrow land area. Away from the South Mumbai, one can see densities decreasing to yellow-orange – the neighbourhoods within the city limits and those beyond it are serviced by only one railway line. Frequency reduces drastically in remote suburbs beyond Kalyan (light yellow zone).
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