India's first women-run train station is proving a huge success

Oct 17, 2018

Commuters walk on a railway track during monsoon rains in Mumbai June 16, 2010. India's monsoon rains have remained active over several states across the country and conditions are favourable for a further advance of the southwest monsoon into remaining parts of western and central India, including Maharasthra and Madhya Pradesh, the Indian Meteorological Department said on June 14. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E66G16Y601

Gandhi Nagar railway station is India's only major terminal where women run the show. Image: REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Annie Banerji

South Asia Corrospondent, Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Chandra Kala, a woman porter, stands with a loaded luggage carrier at India's first railway station run by all women in Gandhi Nagar of western Rajasthan state, September 11, 2018.

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