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Mumbai's first restaurant-on-wheels opens today at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
Trendingdesk •Apart from the restaurant, a mini-café and a separate takeaway window for juices will also be set up
Western Railway Recruitment 2021: Apply for 18 Staff Nurse posts; check wr.indianrailways.gov.in
Trendingdesk •Eligible and interested candidates can appear for the walk-in interview for the Nursing Staff vacancies
Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express skips halt at Andheri station; Western Railway orders probe
•The train operated by railway PSU IRCTC was given an unscheduled halt at Dadar so that passengers could alight, officials said
Mumbai's local train services to fully resume from Friday; restrictions on those allowed to travel to continue
Fp Staff •Western Railway currently runs only 1,201 local train services and the Central Railway runs 1,580 services a day
Reopening Mumbai local trains tougher than resuming public transport elsewhere, says state disaster management secy
Neeradp •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
Maharashtra govt requests railways to allow all women to travel by Mumbai local trains
•The government has requested the railways to make the train services available to women passengers from Saturday from 11 am to 3 pm and from 7 pm onwards till the end of the services for the day
WR to introduce access control gates at Mumbai's Churchgate station by September-end
•The railway authorities along with municipal corporations are also planning to implement a staggered train timetable for local trains in the Mumbai metropolitan region
Mumbai allows doubling of daily arrivals and departures to 50 flights each; local trains for essential duty staff baby steps towards normalcy
Fp Staff •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
Coronavirus Outbreak: Western Railway suffers Rs 178-cr loss due to lockdown till 29 March
•Train cancellations on account of the lockdown for the novel coronavirus outbreak has led to losses of close to Rs 180 crore, Western Railway said on Monday