Ballari Jn - Look around and enjoy the station. A sacred place where Mahatma Gandhi once spent 8 hours. - Vishwanath Joshi

Entry# 1059144

Colours of Mumbai Suburban
------------------------------------
I lived and worked in Mumbai for almost 9 years during which time I was a regular user of the suburban services on WR and CR. There used to be many colourful rake liveries, most of which are being phased out in favour of the standard purple-and-white (which MoR seems to have adopted as the future standard throughout India - notwithstanding how dirty white becomes in India). Also many older AC-DC rakes are being phased out as WR is now totally AC-fied.
I...
more...

1019 views

Apr 15 2014 (21:08)

Re# 1059144-1

This is one of two "modern" EMUs on WR that preceded the now-common ICF rakes. Like those rakes, it has all-steel interiors and large windows. Sort of an experiment perhaps. WR used to run it as a Virar fast - and I saw it as recently as 2 years ago.

1008 views

Apr 15 2014 (21:11)

Re# 1059144-2

A chocolate coloured Churchgate-slow on WR - seen at Bandra. Once common these were mostly painted green and then phased out (except a few on the Andheri-harbour line).

1037 views

Apr 15 2014 (21:14)

Re# 1059144-3

While WR no longer has chocolate-liveried EMUs, the larger CR continues to run them on both the harbour and main lines. Here is a Khopoli bound EMU at Mumbai CSTM sporting the chocolate livery scheme

1046 views

Apr 15 2014 (21:18)

Re# 1059144-4

Old and new WR rakes outside Mahalaxmi yard. There are still a few EMUs sporting the silver-and-red colour scheme of WR

994 views

Apr 15 2014 (21:26)

Re# 1059144-5

One-time staple colour scheme of WR - these silver-and-red rakes are quite likely repainted from their earlier green or chocolate. I believe a few are still around today.