Over 3 Lakh Passengers Travel By Neral-Matheran Train Services During April-November 2023

Matheran is the nearest and the most popular tourist destination for the citizens of Mumbai and Pune. Central Railway (CR) with its shuttle services for passengers between Neral/Aman Lodge and Matheran has been instrumental in popularizing this place as a major tourist destination.

In addition to providing a comfortable journey to tourists, these services help in cheap and quick transportation of materials also. This has resulted in fetching the total revenue of INR 2.36 crore during the period from April to November 2023. 

Besides, as per data shared by the CR, it had ferried 1,13,887 passengers and transported 16,749 packages during the June to August 2023 between Aman Lodge and Matheran and back.

These figures indicate the Priority role of Railways in providing a safe and comfortable travel to its passengers coming to this tourist destination.

Neral-Matheran Shuttle Services attract more tourists!
🔸3.34 lakh passengers travelled in Apr-Nov'23 with revenue of 2.36 Crs for railways
🔸46447 passengers travelled in Nov'23 month with revenue of 33.76 lakhs

In addition to providing a comfortable journey to tourists, these… pic.twitter.com/BgVX3wg0SA

— Central Railway (@Central_Railway) December 8, 2023

Central Railway is popularising this place not o­nly as a major tourist destination but also as a place which takes o­ne close to Nature. It provides the thrill of watching Nature closely along with a memorable ride in the Toy train thus immersing o­neself in the serenity of the natural environment of Matheran.

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Month-wise division (in 2023)