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Suburban train, Bombay
  BOMBAY RAILWAY
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As a sequel to BBC Four's acclaimed Monsoon Railway, this two-part observational documentary looks at the incredible organisation that is the Bombay Railway, with stories of the people who keep the trains running 24 hours a day, those who survive because of it - and those who die on it.

 In Pictures: see images from the series

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Watch a clip from Bombay Railway: Pressure (Western Railway official Vivek Sahai)   1. PRESSURE
The strain of transporting the railway's millions of passengers is demonstrated in the tales of a number of its workers, including driver OP Chaturvedi, who has run over about 70 people during his long service.
 Watch a clip: "The Superdense Crush Load"
 
Mumtaz Kaz   2. DREAMS
Follow the dreams of railway employees such as Mumtaz Kaz, India's first female train driver, who has to find a wife for her brother and get him married in just eight weeks - all while working full-time.
 

Bombay Railway is a 3Di TV production and was produced and directed by Gerry Troyna.

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MONSOON RAILWAY
Stories from the people
who work for the world's greatest railway
  Monsoon Railway (Indian boy)
INSIDE THE
WORLD SERVICE

Behind the scenes at the BBC's world news division
Inside the World Service (Journalist Ahmad Budeiri)

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Praise for Monsoon Railway

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