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Rajendra B. Aklekar

@rajtoday

Journalist @mid_day Author of multiple books on India's rail history & heritage. Trains, trams & buses. Biographer of Dr. E. Sreedharan. Museology @csmvsmumbai

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Mumbai B.E.S.T bus wetlease workers take the ballot to decide on strike call for 'Equal Pay, Equal Work'. Details here: share.google/ijrm7OdHEefB5D…

Mumbai B.E.S.T bus wetlease workers take the ballot to decide on strike call for 'Equal Pay, Equal Work'. Details here:  share.google/ijrm7OdHEefB5D…
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Multiple metro rail works on in #Mumbai & around, but with no depots, lines will remain under utilised. Here's a status report of all the metro carsheds, old and new. Details here: share.google/4yq6EAKQ3zhPZU…

Multiple metro rail works on in #Mumbai & around, but with no depots, lines will remain under utilised. Here's a status report of all the metro carsheds, old and new. Details here:  share.google/4yq6EAKQ3zhPZU…
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Killing its legacy? Mumbai's B.E.S.T undertaking has shut one of its oldest routes bus number 1 which used to operate from Colaba to Mahim. Will the shutdown be permanent remains to be seen. It was the same route on which Mumbai's first double decker bus, a Daimler class vehicle,

Killing its legacy? Mumbai's B.E.S.T undertaking has shut one of its oldest routes bus number 1 which used to operate from Colaba to Mahim. Will the shutdown be permanent remains to be seen. It was the same route on which Mumbai's first double decker bus, a Daimler class vehicle,
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Mumbai's first dedicated senior citizen coach in EMU suburban local train in service from today (10 July 2025) by converting a middle luggage compartment. It is the 6th coach from Mumbai-end. The first service was 3:45pm CSMT-Dombivli slow train and the first senior citizen to

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Two more coaches for #Mumbai Metro Blue Line One (Versova-Ghatkopar). Mumbai Metro One has for the first time officially confirmed that it is working on adding two more coaches to its trains by submitting a plan to its lenders – National Asset Reconstruction Construction Company

Two more coaches for #Mumbai Metro Blue Line One (Versova-Ghatkopar).

Mumbai Metro One has for the first time officially confirmed that it is working on adding two more coaches to its trains by submitting a plan to its lenders – National Asset Reconstruction Construction Company
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mid-day impact: Ignored foot over bridge sparks action; CR to fix track breach in Mumbai’s Wadala by July 15. Details- share.google/FZMY1SNm3KLhbb…

mid-day impact: Ignored foot over bridge sparks action; CR to fix track breach in Mumbai’s Wadala by July 15. Details- share.google/FZMY1SNm3KLhbb…
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Now, a coach of their own for elders on Central Railway in Mumbai. Travelled with the first senior citizen commuter on the city first senior citizen coach on local train. Details.  mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-…

Now, a coach of their own for elders on Central Railway in Mumbai. Travelled with the first senior citizen commuter on the city first senior citizen coach on local train. Details.

 mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-…
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An oil tanker goods train caught fire at Tiruvallur station in between Arakkonam and Chennai, early this morning. No casualties have been reported. Several trains in this route have been cancelled.

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Mumbra train accident sparks outcry: How many more lives must be lost? #MumbaiRailway #Mumbai share.google/JWEf4OHhXLOpZm…

Mumbra train accident sparks outcry: How many more lives must be lost? #MumbaiRailway #Mumbai share.google/JWEf4OHhXLOpZm…
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The proof is in the pudding. Crowds in Mumbai Metro Red Line 7 on a Saturday afternoon. It recently reached a milestone recording over 0.3 million passenger journeys in a single day. Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Ltd Dr. Sanjay Mukherjee

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Water World! Years of flooding outside Prabhadevi station. No drain or sewage line, leading to the problem, finds BMC. Alleges railways ignoring the problem. WR says work will be taken up after this monsoon. #Mumbai #MumbaiRailway share.google/2cGdP4jBGwO2Rb…

Water World! Years of flooding outside Prabhadevi station. No drain or sewage line, leading to the problem, finds BMC. Alleges railways ignoring the problem. WR says work will be taken up after this monsoon. #Mumbai #MumbaiRailway share.google/2cGdP4jBGwO2Rb…
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Dear Rajendra B. Aklekar Sir! On behalf of ChakaChak Dadar and the countless daily commuters who suffer through the mess at Prabhadevi Station every monsoon, I sincerely thank you for your diligent reporting and for bringing public attention to this long-ignored civic failure. Your

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5th & 6th railway lines between Borivali-Virar. Final eviction notice sparks anger over 'inadequate' compensation in Vasai. #Mumbai #MumbaiRailway share.google/kL5359e5eG9Fpz…

5th & 6th railway lines between Borivali-Virar. Final eviction notice sparks anger over 'inadequate' compensation in Vasai. #Mumbai #MumbaiRailway share.google/kL5359e5eG9Fpz…
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First section of 21 km undersea tunnel of the Bullet train project opens between Ghansoli and Shilphata in Maharashtra Next-Gen E10 Shinkansen Trains to Power Mumbai–Ahmedabad Bullet Train under India-Japan Partnership E10 Shinkansen to Debut Simultaneously in India and Japan

First section of 21 km undersea tunnel of the Bullet train project opens between Ghansoli and Shilphata in Maharashtra

Next-Gen E10 Shinkansen Trains to Power Mumbai–Ahmedabad Bullet Train under India-Japan Partnership

E10 Shinkansen to Debut Simultaneously in India and Japan
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Route No.1 back on city bus birthday! Happy to have the historic BEST bus route number 1 restored and that too on July 15, the day motor buses were first introduced in then Bombay, (now Mumbai) 99 years ago. Read the details in the link: (share.google/YsLKkgXDViTg2s…)

Route No.1 back on city bus birthday! Happy to have the historic BEST bus route number 1 restored and that too on July 15, the day motor buses were first introduced in then Bombay, (now Mumbai) 99 years ago. Read the details in the link: (share.google/YsLKkgXDViTg2s…)