West Central Railway

West Central Railway (WCR) was founded in 1924 under British rule. It began transporting military goods for the British armed forces in 1928, when the railroad from Bombay to Pune was finished. In the late 1930s, the "Indian Railway of Bombay" started passenger transportation, but as war began, these efforts were suspended. The private company was taken over by the Royal Army in 1940.

The "Railway of Bombay" did not restart its business until India became independant in 1947. In the late 1960s three other railroads were built, leaving Bombay in different directions, reaching Ahmadabad in the North, Nagpur in the East, and Hyderabad in the South-East.

From 1970 to 1992, the company was divided into Western Railway and Central Railway. Today, WCR is by far India's largest railway system, transporting 1.4 billion passengers every year. Most of its traffic runs along the four railroads connecting Bombay's city with its suburbs. Its headquarters are located in Bombay (Mumbai), Liberty Road 1402.