Mumbai Local

Reopening Mumbai local trains tougher than resuming public transport elsewhere, says state disaster management secy

In an interview with Firstpost, Kishor Raje Nimbalkar talks about how the Maharashtra government is planning to allow the general public to board Mumbai locals while preventing COVID-19 transmission

Travelling without mask on Mumbai trains? Pay Rs 200 as penalty or prepare to sweep roads

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is making violators do community service in the form of sweeping roads if they are reluctant to pay Rs 200 as fine for not wearing masks in public places

Women allowed to travel in Mumbai local trains during non-peak hours from 21 Oct, says Piyush Goyal

The Maharashtra government had earlier requested the Indian Railways to allow women to commute by local trains from 11 am to 3 pm, and from 7 pm till the end of the day's services

Railways says regular, suburban passenger trains to remain suspended; 230 special routes will continue to operate

An official statement said that a limited number of Mumbai local trains, which are being operated only on the order of the state govt, will continue to run

Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chandigarh among other cities, install vending machines for face masks, sanitisers and gloves

The railways is planning to install such vending machines at several other railway stations as well, including at few other suburban railway stations in Mumbai.

Mumbai allows doubling of daily arrivals and departures to 50 flights each; local trains for essential duty staff baby steps towards normalcy

As coronavirus cases continue to pile up with Maharashtra with the state reporting a total of 1,10,744 cases as of Tuesday, Mumbai is gradually opening up with the railways resuming suburban train services in Mumbai for ferrying essential staff from Monday. Not only local trains, but the city has also opened up its airports from Tuesday with AAI-GVK group operated Mumbai Airport set to handle 100 departures and arrivals, reports PTI.

Mumbai's suburban train services resume for ferrying essential staff; expected to benefit 1.25 lakh people, says official

The Railways resumed 'selective' suburban train services on the main and harbour lines in Mumbai for ferrying essential staff

Citing financial constraints, Sameera Iyengar and Sanjna Kapoor's Junoon announces closure after eight years

Arts and culture organisation Junoon announced on Tuesday that over the next few months, it would be closing down.

Coronavirus pandemic: From cancelling trains to increasing platform tickets, Indian Railways goes full throttle to contain outbreak

As India grapples to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic in the country with cases crossing the 160 mark, the Indian Railways has taken steps to minimise the outbreak in the country. It cancelled a total of 168 trains due to low occupancy after the COVID-19 outbreak and announced that these trains will remain suspended from 20 March to 31 March.

'Will shut Mumbai locals, buses if people don't stop non-essential travel,' says Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray

Amid rising cases of novel coronavirus in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said the government would be forced to take the "harsh decision" to stop bus and train services in Mumbai if people don't avoid unnecessary travel