Mumbai: Matunga station chugs into record book for being India’s 1st all-women staffed station

Mumbai: The Matunga suburban station on the Central Railway (CR) has found its way into the Limca Book of Records for having an all-woman staff, an official said today. The achievement comes six months after Matunga became the first railway station in the country to be run by an all-woman staff.

“We are happy to inform that six months after the CR appointed an all-woman staff at Matunga, this station has figured in the Limca Book of Records 2018,” said the Railway official. “The credit for this goes to CR General Manager D K Sharma, who started this initiative of empowering women,” he said.

Currently, a total of 41 women staffers, including 17 booking clerks, 6 RPF personnel, 8 ticket checkers, 5 point persons, 2 railway announcers and 2 cleaning staffers are working at Matunga under the supervision of station manager Mamta Kulkarni. Incidentally, Kulkarni also holds the credit of becoming the first woman station master in Mumbai division when she joined CR in 1992.

“I have worked in the railways for nearly 30 years now and have previously been posted at Mumbai CST and Kurla. But, this idea of having an all-female staff is unique and fascinating,” Kulkarni said. “The idea was to create an environment where they can make their own decision for their personal and professional well-being, organizational good, notwithstanding,” said Sunil Udasi, CPRO, Central Railway.