Mumbai AC Local Trains: Central Railway rolls out 12 new services; Check routes, timings

Central Railway will introduce 12 new AC local train services on Mumbai's suburban rail network. Check the routes, timings and operational details.

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3 min readJun 29, 2026 02:05 PM IST First published on: Jun 27, 2026 at 05:41 PM IST

Mumbai AC Local Trains Update: The Central Railway (CR) zone has introduced 12 air-conditioned local train services over the Mumbai suburban network from today. The move aims at offering a more comfortable travel experience to passengers during the Summer season. These AC local trains will run on the Main Line. It will replace existing non-AC services.

AC local trains in Central Railway

With these, the total number of AC local train services on Central Railway will now be 120, including 28 on Harbour line and 92 on Main line. The AC local services on the Harbour line were introduced on January 26, 2026.

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New AC local trains on Central Railway’s Main Line

In a statement, Dr Swapnil Nila, Chief Public Relations Officer of CR, said: “Central Railway will upgrade 12 Non-AC suburban services to AC services on its Main line with effect from Monday, 29.06.2026. These services are in fulfilment of passengers’ demand for more AC local services on the Main line and will be upgraded as a replacement of existing non-AC services.”

Schedule of 12 upgraded AC local trains on Central Railway’s Main Line

Source: Central Railway | 6 UP direction + 6 DOWN direction AC services | Peak hour services highlighted

UP DIRECTION (6 Services)

SR	Train No.	Code	From	Dep (hrs)	To	Arr (hrs)	Remarks
1	96612	TL 12	Titwala	06:46	CSMT	08:31	MORNING PEAK
2	97502	G 2	Ghatkopar	09:16	CSMT	09:53	MORNING PEAK
3	97618	C 18	Kurla	16:34	CSMT	17:08	-
4	97408	T 116	Thane	18:16	CSMT	19:14	-
5	97164	CK 8	Kalyan	21:04	Kurla	22:03	-
6	97630	C 30	Kurla	22:22	CSMT	22:53	-

DOWN DIRECTION (6 Services)

SR	Train No.	Code	From	Dep (hrs)	To	Arr (hrs)	Remarks
7	96603	TTL 1	Thane	05:35	Titwala	06:23	-
8	97501	G 1	CSMT	08:37	Ghatkopar	09:12	-
9	97615	C 15	CSMT	10:00	Kurla	10:28	-
10	97389	T 89	CSMT	17:12	Thane	18:08	-
11	97157	K 115	CSMT	19:18	Kalyan	20:49	EVENING PEAK
12	97433	T 133	CSMT	23:00	Thane	23:57	-

CSMT = Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus | Peak hour services highlighted in yellow | All services are AC EMU on Central Railway Main Line

Express InfoGenIE

In a statement, the zonal railway said that these AC services will operate with AC rakes from Monday to Saturday. On Sundays and nominated holidays, these services will run with non-AC rakes.

“Overall, Suburban AC services running on the Mumbai Division Main line & Harbour line on weekdays (Monday to Friday) will increase to 120. Overall, Suburban services running on Mumbai Division (All lines) on weekdays will remain the same, i.e., 1820,” it said.

Central Railway passenger ridership

In the first two months of FY27 (April–May 2026), the zonal railway carried 25.76 crore passengers, generating earnings of Rs 1,357.20 crore.

“Central Railway operated 8,991 AC local services during the period 26th Jan to 20th May 2026, up 31.6% from 6,834 services during the corresponding period last year. As a result of the increase in services, daily average passengers grew from 87,596 in 2025 to 1,30,075 in 2026, a jump of 48.5%. The passengers per service also improved from 1,474 in 2025 to 1,664 in 2026, indicating that trains are running fuller even with more services on track,” it said.

Anish Mondal

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