Mumbai Railways

The Mumbai Suburban Railway system, part of the public transportation system of Mumbai, is provided for by the state-run Indian Railways' two zonal Western Railways and Central Railways. The system carries more than 6.1 million commuters on a daily basis and constitutes more than half of the total daily passenger capacity of the Indian Railways itself. It has the highest passenger density of any urban railway system in the world. The trains plying on its routes are commonly referred to as local trains.

Pictures of few of the railway stations where i went during my stay.


Belapur CBD

Panvel

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus CST

The Trains

Vashi

Vashi is one of the most planned area of Mumbai. It is even called as the Commercial Heart of Mumbai.

Vashi has a large Railway Station with the International Infotech Park being built on top of it.

There ar many Shopping malls coming up in this area. The first among these was the Center One Mall.

Following this various new shopping malls are sprouting in this area.

Chowpatti Beach

Chowpatti is a small public beach adjoining Marine Drive in South Mumbai, India. The beach is famous for Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations when hundreds of people from all over Mumbai come to immerse the idols of Lord Ganapati in Arabian Sea.

Adjacent to this beach is Actor Suniel Shetty's private Boating Club.

Marine Drive

Marine Drive is a 3km long road in South Mumbai. It has a inverted C shape. Marine Drive is situated over reclaimed land facing west-south-west.

This is a great place to relax during evenings watching the sun slowly disappear.

Gateway of India

Well, this is one of the most famous tourist spots of India. This is the name which comes across the minds of anyone thinking about Mumbai.

Adjacent to the Gateway is India's first Five Star hotel 'The Taj'. Now there are two hotel the old one and the new one.

Boating facility is available there. Here are a few pics taken from the boat.

King's Circle

This is a Big Park connecting various roads. The park is called as Maheshwari Udyan. Here are a few pics.

The circle is neatly built and is maintained by L&T. Various shops, book stalls, coaching centres are there around the circle. Even this place has a railway station.!

Matunga

This is the place where i stayed in Mumbai. It is adjacent to King's Circle.You'll be able to find a lot of south Indians in this place.

Following is a picture of the Ram Temple which is next to the lodge where we stayed.

Nothing much to see in Matunga.

My Trip

During my Mumbai trip, I had the chance to visit a lot of places though I had little time. Here I will show a few pictures(captured through my camera mobile MotoSLVR) and will also tell a few things about the places.

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