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World’s busiest railway.s01e02.

As part of the BBC India Season, Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Robert Llewellyn are in Mumbai exploring the world's busiest railway. From their base at the historic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus they reveal the science, systems and staff responsible for keeping this supersized transport system running to schedule.
In this opening episode, Dan, Anita and Robert try commuting Mumbai-style, tackling what is known as 'super dense crush load' on the world’s busiest commuter trains. With as many as 14 people packed into a square metre, these trains are more than twice as packed as the most crowded European trains. Passengers hang from the sides of trains and cross the tracks, so they’re in for quite a ride.
2,300km north east of Mumbai, John Sergeant (pictured) is in the foothills of the Himalayas, to ride Darjeeling’s steam powered hill railway. He reminisces about a more romantic age of rail travel and reveals the historical connection between tea and trains.
Robert heads up into mission control for the station - the control room – to explain how the Train Management System programmes safe routes for all 1,500 daily trains through the station’s complex mesh of tracks.
And the cameras are on board with the astonishing dabba wallahs - a crack team of couriers who deliver 200,000 home cooked lunches to offices all over Mumbai. With an error rate of one in 16 million, their system is rated as one of the most efficient in the wor