Central line
Overview
Owner	Indian Railway
Locale	Mumbai City,Mumbai Suburban,Thane,Raigad, Maharashtra
Termini	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Kasara (northeast),Khopoli (southeast)
Stations	62
Service
System	Mumbai Suburban Railway
Operator(s)	Central Railway (CR)
Depot(s)	Kurla, Kalwa, Matunga[1]
Rolling stock	Siemens, Bombardier, Medha
Daily ridership	3.9 million[2]
History
Opened	16 April 1853; 172 years ago (1853-04-16)
Technical
Line length	180 km (110 mi)
Character	At Grade
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)broad gauge
Electrification	25,000 VAC 1500 VDC(until 8 June 2015)
Route map Legend toBhusawal–Kalyan section Kasara Umbermali Khardi Thansit Atgaon Asangaon Vasind Bhatsa River Khadavli Kalu River Titwala Ambivli Ulhas River Shahad Waldhuni River Vithalwadi Orange LineKalyan Junction Ulhasnagar Thakurli Ambarnath Dombivli Badlapur Western line toDahanu Road Vangani Vasai Road Shelu Juchandra Neral Junction toMatheran Kaman Road Bhivpuri Road Kharbav Karjat Bhiwandi Road toPanvel Ulhas River Palasdari toDadar–Solapur section Kopar Kelavli Diva Junction Dolavli Dativali Lowjee Nilaje Khopoli Taloje Panchnand Harbour line toVashi Mumbra Navde Road Kalwa Kalamboli Trans-Harbour line toVashi &Nerul Panvel Thane Creek Somatne Thane Rasayani Eastern Express Highway Apta Mulund Jite Nahur Hamrapur Green LineBhandup Pen Pink LineKanjur Marg Kasu Vikhroli Nagothane Blue Line Ghatkopar Nidi Vidyavihar Roha Lokmanya Tilak Terminus toKonkan Railway Yellow LineKurla Sion Harbour line Harbour line toGoregaon Western line toBorivali Matunga Dadar Prabhadevi   Parel Western line toChurchgate Currey Road Chinchpokli Byculla Harbour line toWadala Road Sandhurst Road Masjid Aqua Line Mumbai CSMT This diagram: view talk edit

TheCentral line of theMumbai Suburban Railway is apublic transit system servingMumbai, Maharashtra, India. It consists of 24 stations, fromChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) toKalyan Junction. The entire line is at grade. It has section of quadruple track starting fromChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and ends atKasara andKhopoli in Maharashtra.

The Central line in Mumbai consists of three major corridors, which bifurcate as they run into suburban satellite towns.Two corridors (one local and other through) on the Central Railway run from CSMT to Kalyan Junction (55 km),^[3] from where it bifurcates into two lines – one toKasara (67 km) in the northeast and the other toKhopoli (61 km) in the southeast. These two corridors constitute the 'Main' Line. The Central main line shares one station with the Western main line atDadar. They consist of a fleet of Siemens, Medha as well as Bombardier EMUs.

The major car sheds on this line are atKurla andKalwa. There are fast and slow locals here for suburban service. Slow locals halt at every station, while fast locals halts vary between Byculla, Dadar, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Vikhroli, Bhandup, Mulund, Thane, Diva, Dombivli and Kalyan Junction. All services plying beyond this junction run slow. Trains usually start from and terminate at important stations.

Names inbold indicate that the station is a fast train stop as well as important terminal.

†A footbridge links Parel to Prabhadevi on the Western line.*A footbridge links Matunga to Matunga Road on the Western line, called Matunga Z bridge.

The main line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway runs from CSMT to Kalyan. It then splits into two corridors one going to Khopoli and other to Kasara.

The first passenger train in India fromChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (Bori Bunder railway station) in Mumbai toThane ran on 16 April 1853 on the track laid by theGreat Indian Peninsula Railway. The GIPR line was extended toKalyan in 1854 and then on the north-east side toIgatpuri and the south-east side toKhopoli viaPalasdari railway station at the foot of theWestern Ghats in 1856.

Railway electrification in India began with the first electric train, betweenBombay Victoria Terminus andKurla by theGreat Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) on 3 February 1925, on 1.5 kV DC. The Kalyan–Pune section was electrified with 1.5 kV DC overhead system in 1930.^[4]

The previously used 1.5 kV DC was converted to 25 kV AC on 5 May 2013 from Kalyan to Khopoli and Kalyan to Kasara.^[5] Conversion from 1.5 kV DC to 25 kV AC on the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Thane-Kalyan section was completed on 12 January 2014.^[6] The CSMT toLokmanya Tilak Terminus section was converted from 1.5 kV DC to 25 kV AC on 8 June 2015.^[7][8]

Since November 2011, all services on the Central line have been running on 12 cars. In preparation for introducing 15 car services, CR extended platforms at Byculla, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Bhandup, Mulund and Dombivli stations, from the current 270 metres to 330 metres,^[9] in order to accommodate 15 coach trains. The total cost of the work was estimated at₹37.5 million (US$440,000).^[10] The first 15-car service, on the Central line, departed from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to Kalyan at 7:33 pm IST on 16 October 2012.^[11] As of March 2014, 75 rakes operate 825 services on the Central line daily, of which 809 are 12-car and 16 are 15-car services.^[7]

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