Editing Mumbai (section)

==== Railway ====
The [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]], colloquially referred to as "Locals", forms the backbone of the city's transport system.<ref name="Outlook">{{cite book |title=Outlook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5zhWAAAAYAAJ |access-date=8 July 2012 |date=July 2008 |publisher=Hathway Investments Pvt Ltd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527054807/http://books.google.com/books?id=5zhWAAAAYAAJ |archive-date=27 May 2013}}</ref> It is operated by the Central Railway and Western Railway zones of the [[Indian Railways]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2001/fsep2001/f240920011.html |publisher=Press Information Bureau (Government of India) |title=Making Rail Commuting Easier in Mumbai |last=Kumar |first=Akshey |access-date=29 August 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805142529/http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2001/fsep2001/f240920011.html |archive-date=5 August 2011}}</ref> Mumbai's suburban rail systems carried a total of 63&nbsp;[[lakh]] (6.3&nbsp;million) passengers every day in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mrvc.indianrail.gov.in/overview.htm |title=Overview of existing Mumbai suburban railway |access-date=7 July 2008 |publisher=Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620033027/http://www.mrvc.indianrail.gov.in/overview.htm |archive-date=20 June 2008}}</ref> Trains are overcrowded during peak hours, with twelve-car trains of rated capacity 1,700 passengers, actually carrying around 4,500 passengers at peak hours.<ref>{{harvnb|Environment and urbanization|2002|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=0DBhYWmqpDoC&pg=PA160 160]|Ref=n450}}</ref> The Mumbai rail network is spread at an expanse of {{convert|319|km|mi|adj=pre|route}}. 191 rakes (train-sets) of 12 car and 15 car composition are utilised to run a total of 2,226 train services in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://203.176.113.182/MRVC/intr.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306161840/http://203.176.113.182/MRVC/intr.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 March 2010 |title=Welcome to Official Website of Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Ltd. |date=6 March 2010}}</ref>

The [[Mumbai Monorail]] and [[Mumbai Metro]] have been built and are being extended in phases to relieve the overcrowding on the existing network. The Monorail opened in early February 2014.<ref name="startMono">{{cite news |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/mumbai-monorail-to-be-inaugurated-on-saturday-477248 |title=Mumbai monorail to be inaugurated on Saturday |date=30 January 2014 |access-date=30 January 2014 |last=Gupta |first=Saurabh |publisher=[[NDTV]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131061547/http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/mumbai-monorail-to-be-inaugurated-on-saturday-477248 |archive-date=31 January 2014}}</ref> The [[Line 1 (Mumbai Metro)|first line]] of the Mumbai Metro opened in early June 2014.<ref name="startMetro">{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Maharashtra-CM-Prithivraj-Chavan-flags-off-Mumbai-Metro/articleshow/36238569.cms |title=Maharashtra CM Prithivraj Chavan flags off Mumbai Metro |work=The Times of India |access-date=28 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213001656/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Maharashtra-CM-Prithivraj-Chavan-flags-off-Mumbai-Metro/articleshow/36238569.cms |archive-date=13 February 2016}}</ref>

Mumbai is the headquarters of two zones of the [[Indian Railways]]: the [[Central Railway (India)|Central Railway (CR)]] headquartered at [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus]] (formerly Victoria Terminus), and the [[Western Railway (India)|Western Railway (WR)]] headquartered at [[Churchgate]].<ref>{{harvnb|Executive Summary on Comprehensive Transportation Study for MMR|pp=2–14|Ref=exe}}</ref> Mumbai is also well connected to most parts of India by the [[Indian Railways]]. Long-distance trains originate from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, [[Dadar railway station|Dadar]], [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus]], [[Mumbai Central]], [[Bandra Terminus]], [[Andheri railway station|Andheri]] and [[Borivali railway station|Borivali]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.24.208/ls/CommitteeR/Railways/21streport.pdf |title=Terminal Facilities in Metropolitanc Cities |publisher=[[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]] |page=14 |access-date=28 August 2009 |quote=The port city of Mumbai is served by 5 passenger terminals namely Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal (CST), Mumbai Central, Dadar, Bandra and Lokmanya Tilak Terminal. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529070718/http://164.100.24.208/ls/CommitteeR/Railways/21streport.pdf |archive-date=29 May 2011}}</ref>

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File:AC-EMU-Mumbai.jpg|The [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]] system carries more than 69.9&nbsp;lakh (6.99&nbsp;million) commuters on a daily basis. It has the highest passenger density of any urban railway system in the world.
File:Mumbaimetro.jpg|[[Mumbai Metro]] provides connectivity with eastern and western part of the city.
File:Mumbai Monorail train.jpg|The [[Mumbai Monorail]], opened in February 2014, is the [[Urban rail transit in India|only operational monorail system]] in India and also is the [[List of monorail systems|seventh largest Monorail system]] in the world.
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