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Over 6 million commuters use Mumbai's urban rail network daily. 4700 passengers (it is built for a maximum capacity of 1700 pasengers) travel in every 9 train car rake during peak hours. Unfortnately the over-crowding also causes many accidents, leading to 3500 deaths every year. Efforts to upgrade the train network and build newer lines is actively being pursued offlate.
A latest news item talks about the Indian Prime Minister laying the foundation for Mumbai's new metro rail venture.
The mumbai map was obtained from http://urbanrail.net/as/mumb/mumbai.htm
The site urbanrail.net provides information on urban rail transport systems around the world.
Some interesting sites about the mumbai urban rail network:
http://www.geocities.com/mumbairail/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai_suburban_railway
http://www.answers.com/topic/mumbai-suburban-railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai_Metro
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