BBCIR / Western Railway Suburban System

Pictures of BBCIR and Western Railway suburban system of Bombay (Mumbai) from the yesteryears.

Contributed by R Harish Kumar and Harsh Vardhan. Some scans are through the courtesy of Deepak Dongre.

Date: 2009-12-06
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 39 items
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A white Metro Cammell EMU rake of Western Railway arrives at Churchgate. Parked on the adjacent platform and ready to depart is an original 1928 Cammell Laird rake.

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The special train leaving the new Churchgate Station for Mahalaxmi after opening ceremony - 1957 (R Harish Kumar)

1908.12.01 BBCIR suburban front

BBCIR Bombay suburban railway time table cover date 1908.12.01 The system extended from Colaba to Virar at this time.

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A vintage 3 coach EMU rake in the early 1940's. (R Harish Kumar)

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No. 41, an eight car EMU from Virar to Churchgate is seen on old Bassein bridge. Circa 1969.

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An eight car EMU is seen on the old Vasai(Bassein) Creek bridge. Note the closed doors.

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An EMU proceeds towards Churchgate (R Harish Kumar)

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A churchgate bound EMU on its way (R Harish Kumar)

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Metro Cammell and ICF standard EMU rakes of Western Railway parked side by side at Bombay central EMU shed. Circa 1970.

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EMUs of yesteryears lined up. Mumbaikars, this is for you. Scan Provided by Deepak Dongre (R Harish Kumar)

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A common scene of Mumbai then or now... always crowded to the brim :) (R Harish Kumar)

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A common scene, now and then. Crowd trying to get there way out of Churchgate Station. (R Harish Kumar)

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Oldie running across the Vasai Bridge (R Harish Kumar)

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A coparatively newer variant of EMU at the Vasai Bridge (R Harish Kumar)

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An EMU running across Vasai Bridge (R Harish Kumar)

Comments
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An excellent collection. Thank you very much for this visual treat!
Posted by Sagar J. Tipnis on 2009 Dec 28 16:07:21 +0000
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No doubt it is great Album but has been uploaded without any authority from Western Railway . This is the property of Western Railway . Western Railway have original CD which has about 847 files (681 Mb). Nobody else has scanned these files .These are ...
Posted by Rajendra Saxena on 2009 Dec 18 09:11:02 +0000
Great album. Many thanks for uploading it.
Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2009 Dec 14 07:21:55 +0000