Dahanu-Churchgate local flagged off, enjoy seamless travel

Electric multiple unit suburban services on the Western Railway (WR) will cover the 124 km between Churchgate and Dahanu Road from now.

After extending the suburban network till Dahanu, the railways and the state government plan to reach the rest of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

Palghar Member of Parliament Baliram Jadhav who proudly claimed that the Dahanu-Churchgate suburban local services is his achievement, promptly ended up violating two rules immediately after the Union Railway Minister and Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan inaugurated the service on Tuesday. Jadhav was all cheers and waved as he traveled standing on the footboard of the train, committing the first violation. He also set a precedent by travelling in the ladies' bogie of the train from Dahanu and ...

Local train services on the 124-km Dahanu-Churchgate route were on Tuesday inaugurated here by Union Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on the 160th anniversary of the Indian Railways.

With only a few hours to go for the first local between Churchgate and Dahanu to make its first journey, Western Railway still seems to have a lot left to accomplish. The services are scheduled to start from April 16, but WR is yet to figure out a timetable ...

Dahanu, Apr 12 (UNI) India today joined the ranks of USA, Western Europe, Singapore and Australia, with the introduction of a technology driven highway toll collection system. The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Dr. C P Joshi, ...

Mumbai: Western Rlys is likely to face contempt of court proceedings after failing to start direct local train services between suburban stations of Virar & Dahanu by Mar

For the past six months, authorities at the Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS), in Thane's Dahanu taluka have been dealing with an unusual problem - the presence of a leopard on their premises. Nikhil M Ghanekar reports.

Crimes against women are being discussed in the state legislature, stricter laws are being mulled upon, but it remains to be seen if this will help curb the atrocities. For now, they continue unabated.