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The Mumbai Suburban Railway is the life line of the city, and has been providing uninterrupted service since its inception, despite of the seven shattering bomb blasts in July 2006.
The Mumbai Suburban Railway is the offshoot of the first railway constructed by the British in 1853. In comparison to any other inter city transport service the Mumbai Suburban Railway is the principal mode of transport. The Mumbai suburban railway system is conducted by two zonal railways: the Western Railway (WR) and the Central Railway (CR).
The Mumbai Suburban Railway consists of three corridors for local trains which are popularly known as the Western line, the Central line and the Harbour line. Western line runs between Churchgate and Dahanu. The Central line runs between Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Kalyan. From Kalyan it bifurcates to Kalyan- Kasara in the north east and Kayan-Karjat-Khopoli in south east. The Harbour line is the part of Central Railway. The harbour line shares a common station at Kurla where it turns towards Navi Mumbai. The harbour line further bifurcates at Vashi, Navi Mumbai and follows to Thane, Panvel.
