The Mumbai suburban railway is a mass transit system carrying more than 7.24 million people daily. Though it seems a bit crowded, it effectively handles the highest passenger density compared to any other mass transit system in the world. The Mumbai people call it the "local." The Mumbai suburban railway is very old, in fact as old as the very first railway systems developed by the British. In India, when the East India Company transferred power to the Queen in 1850s, the first passenger train ran on Indian tracks between Victoria Terminus and Thane.

Eluru is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the headquarters of West Godavari district. The broad gauge Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada section of the Howrah-Chennai main line on the east coast connecting Madras and Kolkata passes through the city. There are daily express and passenger trains to Hyderabad, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore etc., throughout the day. The major railway stations in Eluru are Eluru railway station, Power Pet Station, Vatluru Station with Eluru Station being the biggest and busiest. Eluru station is located exactly halfway between Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam, which is the busiest line in Andhra Pradesh.

The Vijayawada Railway station was constructed in 1888 when the Southern Maharattan Railway's main eastward route was connected with other lines going through Vijayawada.

The overall span of the railways network of Karnataka is 3089 km. The state has an extensive line of railway network and boast of around 121 main railway stations, along with many railway junctions.