Contents
FOREWORD i
PREFACE iii
PREAMBLE v
THE 19TH CENTURY SUBURBAN RAILWAYS OF BOMBAY (1853-1900) 1
Inauguration of the First Railway in Bombay 1
B.B. & C.I. Railway wants terminus in Bombay 1
The beginning of Passenger Amenities 2
The Bassein and Mahim Creeks to bridged 3
Opening of B.B. & C.I. Railway in Bombay 4
New Developments 5
B.B. & C.I. Railway starts Suburban Service 5
The struggle for Colaba Terminus 6
Opening of Churchgate Station 9
Opening of Colaba Station 9
The traffic rises 10
Victoria Terminus Building 13
Problems of Suburban traffic 13
Opening of New Colaba Station 15
The proposed Harbour Railway 16
II BATTLE OF HARBOUR AND PLANNING FOR RAILWAY 17
ELECTRIFICATiON
Standard of Courtesy 17
G.I.P. case in High Court 17
Trevor Commission Report 1901 17
Residential Card Passes to Staff 19
Expansion of the traffic facilities 19
The Harbour battle Continues. 20
G.I.P.'s Safety Consciousness 21
W.H. White 's report and proposed Railway electrification 21
Adventof quadruple lines 22
Overbridge in Bombay Island 22
Kalyan-Panvel-Karjat-Belapur Project 23
Opening of Vileparle Station 24
Development of Salsette as a residential area 24
Railway Board's attitude 25
Opening of Kurla-Reay Road Section 26
Further Plans 26
The issue of Railway electrification revives 27
During the First World War (1914-18) 27
Bombay Development Schemes 27
Preparing for electrification 28
Appointment of M/s. Merz & Mcllellan 29
The important projects on the G.I.P. Railway 30
Projects of Port Trust 30
Projects of Bombay Development Directorate 30
Power supply for electric trains 32
Infrastructure for the Railway electrification . 33
III. FROM RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION TO NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE ( 1925 - 1947) 36
Opening of the First Electric Train in Bombay 37
Electrification progress on the B.B. & C.I. Railway 38
Further developments on the G.I.P. Railway 39
Rail Road Contest 39
Arrival of the E.M.U. on the B.B. & C.I. Railway 40
Heavy Tresspassing 41
The last year of steam on the B.B. & C.I. Railway 42
Traffic grows on the G.I.P. Railway 44
Opening the First Electric Train on B.B. & C.I. Railway 45
Free season tickets if buying plots 46
Problems of Harbour Commuters 46
2 Aspect Automatic Signalling on the B.B. & C.I. Railway 47
B.B. & C.I. traffic revives 47
Opening of Bombay Central & closing of Colaba 49
Further improvements 50
Facilities on the G.I.P. Railway 52
ElectrificRtion of Borivli-Virar Section 52
During the Second World War (1939-45) 53
During the transper of pqwer to nation 54
THE NEW ERA OF BOMBAY RAILWAYS (1947-1985) 56
Until the emergence of Western & Central Railways 56
Extensive number of New Trains 58
Report of the Suburban Train overcrowding Enquiry 61
Committee (1956)
Opening of New Churchgate Station 61
Proposal for Underground Railways 61
Opening of Diva-Panvel Railway 64
Planning for future 65
More trains on the Western Railway 69
New Stations and New Trains 71
Proposed New Rail Corridors 73
Defective rates on the Central Railway 75
Mankhurd - Panvel Rail Survey Railway 75
Traffic Enquiry Committee 76
Rise in Rail Fares Resisted 77
Heavy Tresspassing deaths 78
Problems of Central Railway 78
Tug of War 81
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