Mumbai: The lifeline of Mumbai took a hit on Friday evening as the motormen on the suburban network's Western Line are on strike. As many as 200 assistant motormen went on mass leave putting several demands before the government.
Following the move by the motormen, the services on the Western Line that caters to close to 36 lakh people everyday have pretty much halted.
There are also huge traffic jams on roads, with buses packed to the rafters.
According to the motormen, those who went on strike in 2010 for a day are being harassed by the railway management. They have said that there confidential reports were adverse and are demanding that it be corrected....
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07:36 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Mumbai: The motormen of the Western Line in Mumbai have threatened to go on strike citing harassment of those who went on strike in 2010 for a day by the management. As many as 150 of the total 445 motormen on the Western Line have threatened to go on mass leave later on Friday. According to the motormen, those who went on strike in 2010 for a day are being...
05:26 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Mumbai: Two suburban trains collided when they accidentally came on the same track at Andheri station on Saturday night, a Railway official said. "The incident happened at around 11 PM at platform number 4 of Andheri suburban railway station. The buffers of the two local trains dashed into each other," Western Railway spokesperson Nitin David said. While one train was coming from Churchgate railway station, the other one, which was...
12:21 AM, Jun 17, 2012
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09:51 AM, Mar 12, 2012
Mumbai: Habitual rooftop passengers on suburban local trains, get ready for the shock of your lives, quite literally. Western Railway (WR) is in the process of completing the long-pending project of switching over to a 25,000-volt alternating current (AC) from the present 1,500-volt direct current (DC) by February 5. This means that power of extremely high-voltage will be flowing through the overhead cables that supply electricity to the trains. If...
01:04 PM, Jan 30, 2012
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![7/11 accused says he trained in Pak]( "7/11 accused says he trained in Pak")
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