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Matunga railway station

Railway Station in Maharashtra, India

Preceding station	Mumbai Suburban Railway			Following station
Dadar towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus		Central line		Sion towards Kasara or Khopoli

Route map

Legend

to
Bhusawal–Kalyan
section

Kasara

Umbermali

Khardi

Thansit

Atgaon

Asangaon

Vasind

Bhatsa River

Khadavli

Kalu River

Titwala

Ambivli

Ulhas River

Shahad

Waldhuni River

to
Ahmedabad-Mumbai
main Line

Western
line

to Matheran

to Panvel

Ulhas River

Palasdari

to
Mumbai Dadar–
Solapur section

to Karjat

Mumbra

Navde Road

Kalwa

Kalamboli

to
Trans-Harbour
line

to
Harbour
line

Thane

Trans-Harbour
line

Pen

Line 1

to Versova

LTT

to Konkan Railway

Kurla

Sion

Harbour line

Harbour line
to Andheri

Western line
to Dahanu Road

Matunga

Dadar

planned
Monorail

Prabhadevi

Parel

Western line
to Churchgate

Currey Road

Chinchpokli

Byculla

Harbour line

Sandhurst Road

Masjid

Line 3

Mumbai CSMT

Location
Matunga Location within Mumbai

Matunga is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It should not be confused with the nearby Matunga Road railway station on the Western Line. As per the Limca Book of Records 2018, Matunga is the first railway station in India in suburban category to be completely staffed by women.^[2]

Events

Mumbai Division of Central Railway in July 2017 posted a total of 41 women staffers, including 17 booking clerks, 6 Railway Protection Force personnel, 8 ticket checkers, 5 point persons, 2 announcers and 2 cleaners working under the supervision of station manager Mrs. Mamta Kulkarni, making them eligible for the entry in Limca Book as first all-women station. Incidentally Mamta Kulkarni is first Assistant Station Manager to be recruited on Mumbai Division of Central Railway in 1992.^[3]

Workshop

The Matunga Carriage Repair Workshop located just next to the railway station was built in 1915 in the area between the tracks of the Western and Central Lines.^[4] It was set up as a repair workshop for coaches and wagons of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway.^[4] It now carries out Periodical Overhaul (POH) and heavy corrosion repairs of main line and EMU coaches; in 2009/10 it attended 3182 coaches.^[4] In 2011 it had 7,719 staff.^[4]

The neighbouring station of Matunga Road station on Western Railway experienced terrorist bombings in 1993 and 2006 which were often described as being at "Matunga station".

References

^[1]

^ ^a ^b "[IRFCA] CR Mumbai Timeline of Suburban Stations". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
^ "Matunga Railway Station Becomes First In India To Hire Only Women, Enters Record Book". Mid-Day. Mid-Day. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
^ "Matunga Railway Station enters Limca Book of Records 2018". Press Information Bureau, India. PIB, India. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mechanical Department – Matunga Workshop". Central Railway. 19 August 2011.