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Suburban Rails

Indian Railway is the state-owned railway company of India. It is a mammoth organization that works under aegis the of Ministry of Railways of Indian Government. Indian Railways provides an effective mode of transportation throughout the length and breadth of the country of Indian . You can reach to the farthest corners of the country with the help of the different passenger service of Indian Railways. Not only the remote places but people living in suburbs of the different cities country find it easier to come to this near by city by the Suburban Rails of Indian Railways.

The services of Suburban Rails of India encompass the different cities like Mumbai or Bombay, Chennai or Madras, Kolkata or Calcutta, Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune. However the cities of Hyderabad and Pune don't have their separate tracks for Suburban rails and they share the tracks with long distance passenger and freight trains. The Suburban Rails Network have been devised to cater to the daily commuters who commute from the suburbs to the nearest metro cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata,Delhi etc. Suburban Train Service of India is both frequent and cheap comparing to other means of transportation like cab or bus. Getting to the different cities by suburban rails is a good idea since it is also the fastest means of transportation at a cheaper rate.



Suburban trains that handle commuter traffic are mainly electric multiple units. These suburban rails generally have nine coaches however sometimes during rush hours they are often attached with twelve coaches to handle the rush hour traffic. The Suburban trains of Mumbai handle more passenger rush than any other suburban rail network in India. The network of Suburban Rails of Mumbai has has three lines viz, western line , central line and harbor line. New Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata too can also boast of their dedicated metro networks called the Delhi Metro, Chennai Mass Rapid Transport System(MRTS) and Kolkata Metro respectively.

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