MULUND TO CST(after 3 months)
life was going gr8 @belgaum was away from the busy life of mumbai and used to miss it a lot.den n 24th morning reached mumbai.it was as welcoming as earlier and nothing seemed to be changed.on 27 i had planed a trip to cst and sum other parts of south mumbai.left home and reached mulund station.the same story continued,the no. of counters open were less and the queue increasing.stood in a queue,the condition at the station looked worse than earlier.people tried many ways to get directly to the counter and this would agitate the people in the queue and resulted in arguments.finally after a patient waiting of 15 mins my turn came.i asked for 1 cst return and gave her 20 rupees.she said 10 rupees more sir.i was startled.she then told "sir the fare has increased",i...
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paid the rest and den checked the ticket.so the railways had hiked the fare from rs 9 to 15.anyways i left and made my way to the indicator.there was a 3.45 fast and a 3.40 S.i made mi way to PF4 via the FOB and was waiting for the fast local.1st came the slow on 2nd PF and it was crowded.den in no time came my fast local.it was a MRVC local.was very very crowded but i had made my mind dat i wanna travel in this only.got in sumhow and den i didnt had to move myself the crowd coming behind me dragged me straight to the seats.the local then started accelerating fast and in no time we reached bhandup,our first stop.less people got out and their double numbr got in.soon we left for vikhroli.the good part was that the train didn't stop much and kept on moving with a good speed.on my way we overtook a number of slow trains.our trains was assigned to stop at ghatkopar,kurla,dadar,byculla.the train was crowded till kurla.once it reached dadar it became empty.saw the yard at dadar and kurla.from byculla on wards the speed was reduced and this gave me a nice view of the trains in the yards.at sandhurst road i saw the deccan odyssey which was hiding in the yard.finally after a journey of 40/45 mins i reaches CST.the environment there was busy and rocking as usual.got down from the local and walked till the exit.this trip in a local after a long time was rlly gr8 and i enjoyed it a lot :)

Take a look at this Suggestion ..... looks like CR has just turned positive....
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Registration Number : MORLY/E/2013/00282
Name Of Complainant : Sriram Iyer
Date of Receipt : 10 Jan 2013
Received by : Ministry of Railways, ( Railway Board)
Forwarded to : Central Railway
: OFFICE OF THE GENERAL MANAGER
Contact Address
CENTRAL RAILWAY MUMBAI CST400001 Contact Number : 02222697115
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Grievance Description : The General Manager Central Railway,
I refer to my previous suggestion (no. MORLY/E/2012/08040) on introduction of the direct peak hour services between Kalyan Thane. As per your reply, the reasons as to trains run at 3 minute intervals are not justified. 1. If you check the existing TT (you may know better) there are a few 10 minute gap slots which is now being used to run Semi Fast service/ Thane Fast services. 2. The trains I am suggesting will divert from the Main line after Parsik Tunnel and take Airoli route. Thus it will run on fast track between Kalyan Thane. 3. There are quite semi-fast services in the CR and these slots remain unutilised between Kalyan Thane. Moreover, during these time there aren’t even long distance trains and thus lie empty. I wish to suggest optimising this space. 4. I think that CR can accomodate atleast one or two peak hour services so that public at large stands benefitted. Kindly do the needful and advise if am wrong.
Regards

Current Status : CASE CLOSED

Your Feedback : Very Good
Date of Action : 28 Jan 2013
Details : The suggestion of introducing direct train service from Kalyan - vashi is noted and will be implemented as and when the infrastructure facilities are augumented.