Matunga Road ( aːʈuŋɡaːstation code:MRU) is the name of a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It offers access to

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and

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areas of

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. It should not be confused with the nearby

Matunga railway station 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 ...

, which is on the Central Line just to the east. Matunga Road is one of the smallest railway halt in

in terms of number of passengers and number of platforms. The

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is the nearest college to this station. Fast local trains between Churchgate and Virar do not stop at Matunga Road station. It has been documented as the first suburban station on Western Railway to be run by all-women staff.

Events

Western Railway on

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2018, stepped in to make one of its railway station Matunga Road to be run by all women staff. Western Railway posted a total of 31 women staffers as frontline staff, comprising Commercial, Operating and Security departments. It includes 13 Commercial clerks and 3 Ticket checking staff to undertake commercial activities, whereas 11 Operating staff (Station Master and Points person) and 4

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personnel. These handle overall operations of Matunga Road station round the clock as of 2018. In addition to this, Western Railway also collaborated with Rotary Club of Bombay Queen for beautification of Matunga Road station in 2018. The theme-based painting work depicting the diversified role and emergence of women in the Society has been planned across the Booking offices, Station Superintendent office and Foot over Bridges. With this, Matunga Road became the first such station on the Western Railway and the second suburban railway station in Mumbai to be operated only by women.

Incidents

At 1.40pm on 29 October 1993 a "crude bomb with lots of nails" exploded under the seat of a second-class compartment in a train at Matunga Road station. 2 people died and 40 were injured. Matunga train bomb blast

Matunga Road was one of the stations affected by

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. Just before 18.15, a bomb exploded in the first-class general compartment of the 17.57 Churchgate-Virar fast train as the train was passing Matunga Road station on the fast line. There was no damage to the station. A memorial plaque stands at the north end of the station today.

Gallery

File:British Era Footover bridge ramp at Matunga Rd Station.jpg, British Era Footover bridge ramp at Matunga Rd File:Matunga Road Stationː Stone Booking Office.jpg, The Stone Booking Office of Matunga Rd File:Matunga Road railway station - Overview.jpg, Matunga Road railway station - Overview showing Lines 2,3,4 & 5 File:Matunga Road.jpg, Matunga Road Platform Board

Notes and references

{{Mumbai - Suburban Railway, Western Railway stations in India opened in 1867 Mumbai WR railway division Railway stations in Mumbai City district Mumbai Suburban Railway stations