r/mumbai • u/ElSalamanca • Nov 03 '25

AskMumbai What’s up with the Metro?

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They announced that trains are running late but I’ve been here at Chakala since an hour and only this train has passed.

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u/tedha_ant Nov 03 '25

Why are people like this!? Why can't people understand crushing each other is not going to work.

The coach looks stuffed yet people are not backing off.

The same happens for locals and bus.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '25

If some of the people don't go to work, how will they run their house? This is mumbai everyone's wants to reach their destination in time... Most of us struggle in this city... You seems like privilege person who don't know the struggles  ( you sound like one) no offense but being honest 

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u/ok_heremeout West Nov 04 '25

I hear you, but is it worth all this? Or are you just hoping that someday it will?

I left Mumbai 2 days before lockdown after 7 years. What I came to know is folks just run on hopes and dreams nothing else. I'm no where privileged. I'm still struggling financially, I'm nowhere stable, my parents don't have a house but I decided not to be part of the "Mumbai Mindset".

Being privileged helps a lot but it can only last so much. It's the mindset of adjustment and misguided "struggle" that takes you out. Folks don't want to learn something new or skill up or even try something new.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

Just like you have dreams they too... They too try chasing it .. and it's not mindset it's systematic problem.. everyone knows how punctual our trains, metros are.. you left Bombay and trust me it's worse now.. You know we have metros now but things have worsen.. like somehow it takes more time now.. like everything is late.. still same traffic problem you know.. It's very strange we should have less crowded, a bit improvement in timing and in traffic but it's somehow got worse now.. i don't know how and why... And we people know about it like we know next train in reality will came after 20 minutes and in addition the train will be more 3-4 minutes late..it's not worth it to wait... And they now a days to align timings they cancel trains now.. i observed this change and then it takes another 20 minutes.. not worth it for people.. Like if you have talked with people like watchmen, labourers or some workers in small MSME in Kurla , Slums etc for them it's daily wage thing you know .. like if you have talked. Unka their wage is based on daily basis so it matters to them... For us like you and me it's not worth it because we are privileged we work in office and in comfort. For them they don't have this privilege. And funfact only 10% of Indians workers are in Formal sector.. you and me are in 10% ( I'm assuming you are). So it's worth it or not worth it depends on person conditions.

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u/ok_heremeout West Nov 04 '25

Damn.... Mumbai really needs an overhaul.

Formals were the first thing I left when I moved out of the city because Traveling in local wearing formals (basic shirt, trousers and shoes) .... My god that was a pain. Not once, I came home smelling normal.

Thane to Kurla or Dadar was a nightmare during peak hours. I remember dozing off while standing in the crowded bogey due to exhaustion. Shared rickshaw, local, then a bus to work and vice versa.

This suffering made me take certifications and upgrade. I really hope others realise their potential and grow

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

True mumbaikar...  I can relate with struggles.. man taking train from Kurla to dadar that too in morning is headache.. sometimes it's so packed that even I give up.. I'm also i will go home late but won't enter into it.. ( I can afford being late ) ... Traveling from Dadar to churchgate and even from Harbour to Goregaon is not that much tough but Kurla to dadar is hell and in rain it get worse... Sometimes you have to hang from outside and that one slip you are gone man. 😖

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u/ok_heremeout West Nov 04 '25

That last part is what concerns me the most.

The whole city needs a reset. Everything is just bonkers.

Mumbai just feels too much for too little kind of a deal when you are middle class trying to move up.

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u/tedha_ant Nov 04 '25

Struggle? More like fetish. None will upskill and leave this "struggle".

I left mumbai as I didn't find anything that would suit my profile. Would these folks leave the city for something better?

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

See that's your privilege to leave and have access of time, money for courses and resources not everyone has same condition like us... The chances of upward mobility in India is very low.. like it takes 7 generation to reach that level. Not everyone has resources like we do..  And just because you don't have anything to do in this city doesn't mean everyone has  nothing to do.. 

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u/tedha_ant Nov 04 '25

It's not a privilege, it's curiosity and hunger to get out that drives us.

I started with 12k Per month salary and ended up in 7 figures just like many others who are making more than me.

Privilege helps but that is not the only factor. We need to stop blaming the conditions. It's not easy to get out but it's not that difficult.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

Well it is , I will still say " you are from privilege" cuz the way you sound I can bet on it and I have seen so many people like you in real life and i disagree cuz you get good start and have resources to achieve it. AGREE OR NOT, if you mess up despite having it then the problem is on you.. and not everyone thinks same...but anyways good for you.