Layouts and Maps

Map of the Bhore Ghat alignment in 1929. Scan provided by John Lacey.

Map of Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1931. Scan provided by John Lacey.

Scan of a section of c1888 map of Great Indian Peninsular Railway. The map was printed by Waterlow and Son, Limited, London Wall, London, but not dated. I am dating it around 1888 as the letter that accompanied this map was that for that year. The letter

Railway layout of Lucknow. I have not gone much in detail otherwise it would have been more confusion and not marked establishments like C & W, DLS, RDSO, etc. If more confusion, please feel free to ask me. (Samar)

Detailed station layouts of both LKO and LJN with platforms shown. Please note that the tracks shown are not indicative of exact number of tracks. The exact number of tracks is much higher. (Samar)

Picture showing the invasion of 25000V AC traction in Mumbai. Certainly not to scale. Just tried to show the progress made by CR & WR in bringing 25KV AC traction into Mumbai, ruled by 1500V DC at present. (Vijay Aravamudhan)

Picture showing the invasion of 25000V AC traction in Mumbai. Certainly not to scale. Just tried to show the progress made by CR & WR in bringing 25KV AC traction into Mumbai, ruled by 1500V DC at present. Thanks to Akshay. M & Jitendra Sir, just

Layout of Borivali proposed by me updated with the official proposed location of platform 6A. I have not changed it as it is satisfactory in my opinion. The track of platform 6 will continue as the STA line. In effect, the present non platform line betwee

A sketch of how the ideal layout of Borivali North end should be. Please compare with the current layout of the same area to see the changes incorporated. ...

A layout of Ankai. ()

Hypothetical layout of new line for Manmad to avoid reversal at Daund. (Shantanu Kulkarni)

GPS readout for UMB-NDLS section. 2006 Kalka-NDLS Shatabdi Express. GZB WAP-7 #30015 + 16 ICF coaches. Nov 2009. (Vivek Manvi)

GPS readout for BVI-ADI section. 2009 Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express. WCAM-2P #21872 + 16 LHB coaches. Nov 2009. (Vivek Manvi)

GPS readout for NDLS-BPL section. 2002 Bhopal Shatabdi Express. WAP-5 #30001 + 11 LHB coaches. Nov 2009. (Vivek Manvi)

GPS readout with details of the 150kmph run in the NDLS-AGC section. 2002 Bhopal Shatabdi Express. WAP-5 #30001 + 11 LHB coaches. Nov 2009. (Vivek Manvi)

Thane Yard Layout showing the current layout as on November 1, 2009. After several months, we dont know how the yard may look. Shown in the layout are various rail-corridors, platforms, stabling lines, under construction lines, locations & ofcourse th

In response to Sachin's pic showing Shunt removal instructions inside Loco. I hope this will help in understanding working of DC motor Locos such as WAP 1/4 and WAG 5/7. Thanks to Electrical Services Department Engineers for their technical inputs. (anant

A bidirectional speed-time graph of the 2713/14 Satavahana Exp between KZJ and BZA on two successive runs hauled by LGD WAP7 #30253 . The graph also shows the altitude and the green markers depict the points of max/min altitude. (R Viswa Chandra)

With regards to the ongoing discussion about proposed lines in Navi Mumbai area, this map taken from an internal document of CR, could be of help. I only hope that it does not add to the confusion, since I'm not following the thread. ()

A map showing the layout of Chakki Bank and Pathankot Jn. It clearly explains why many Jammu Tawi bound trains skip Pathankot Jn and halt at Chakki Bank instead to avoid a reversal at Pathankot Jn. (Ankit Bharaj)

Picture showing the invasion of 25000V AC traction in Mumbai as on February 28, 2010, (not to scale) showing the progress made by CR & WR in bringing 25KV AC traction into Mumbai, ruled by 1500V DC at present. On Feb 28, 2010 WR converted its old DC 1

BZA Freight Bypass Line ()

Bangalore area track network. By M V Karthik, 2002.

FINALLY 25000 VOLTS AC ENTERS MUMBAI!!!
Picture showing the invasion of 25000V AC traction in Mumbai as on November 13, 2011. Certainly not to scale. Just tried to show the progress made by CR & WR in bringing 25KV AC traction into Mumbai, ruled by 1

Pakistan Railway map, Feb. 2012 (Adnan Zafar)

Central Railway Mumbai Division signalling map, 2012-03-31. (Rajendra Aklekar)