Mumbai: Seven-fold rise in AC local train ridership on Central Railway
An official said that most of the passengers opting for the AC local trains services on the Central Railway are from Thane, Dombivali and Kalyan.
Currently the Western Railway runs 1,375 services, up from 1,367 before the pandemic. The additional services were added in November and December 2021.
(File) The number of passengers travelling by air-conditioned (AC) locals on the Central Railway’s Mumbai suburban network has increased seven-fold in the past six months.
The traffic has increased almost seven times from a daily average of 5,939 passengers in February to that of 41,333 passengers in August this year.
Presently, the Central Railway runs a total of 1,810 local train services, including 56 AC locals, in Mumbai.
An official said that most of the passengers opting for the AC local trains services on the Central Railway are from Thane, Dombivali and Kalyan.
The Central Railway official said that number of passengers have increased in the past few months, adding this has shown that the suburban commuters have given an overwhelming response to AC suburban locals.
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