Central line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)

Central line
Central line
Overview
Owner	Indian Railway
Locale	Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Raigad, Maharashtra
Termini	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus; Kasara (northeast), Khopoli (southeast);
Stations	62
Service
System	Mumbai Suburban Railway
Operator(s)	Central Railway (CR)
Depot(s)	Kurla, Kalwa, Matunga
Rolling stock	Siemens, Bombardier, Medha
Daily ridership	3.9 million
History
Opened	16 April 1853
Technical
Line length	180 km (110 mi)
Character	At Grade
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification	25,000 V AC; 1500 V DC (until 8 June 2015)
Route map
Route map
	Western line
	to Dahanu Road
	Harbour line
	to Vashi
	Trans-Harbour line
	to Vashi & Nerul
	Harbour line
	to Goregaon
	Western line
	to Borivali
	Prabhadevi
	Western line
	to Churchgate
	Harbour line
	to Wadala Road

The Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway is a public transit system serving Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It consists of 24 stations, from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) to Kalyan Junction. The entire line is at grade. It has section of quadruple track starting from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and ends at Kasara and Khopoli in Maharashtra.

The Central line in Mumbai consists of three major corridors, which bifurcate as they run into suburban satellite towns. Two corridors (one local and other through) on the Central Railway run from CSMT to Kalyan Junction (55 km), from where it bifurcates into two lines – one to Kasara (67 km) in the northeast and the other to Khopoli (61 km) in the southeast. These two corridors constitute the 'Main' Line. The Central main line shares one station with the Western main line at Dadar. They consist of a fleet of Siemens, Medha as well as Bombardier EMUs.

The major car sheds on this line are at Kurla and Kalwa. There are fast and slow locals here for suburban service. Slow locals halt at every station, while fast locals halts vary between Byculla, Dadar, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Vikhroli, Bhandup, Mulund, Thane, Diva, Dombivli and Kalyan Junction. All services plying beyond this junction run slow. Trains usually start from and terminate at important stations.