Fast local trains between Churchgate and Virar do not stop at Matunga Road station.

It has been documented as the first suburban station on Western Railway to be run by all-women staff.

Western Railway posted a total of 31 women staffers as frontline staff, comprising Commercial, Operating and Security departments.

In addition to this, Western Railway also collaborated with Rotary Club of Bombay Queen for beautification of Matunga Road station in 2018.

[3] At 1.40pm on 29 October 1993 a "crude bomb with lots of nails" exploded under the seat of a second-class compartment in a train at Matunga Road station.