
Four months after the Maharashtra government had shut down local train services for the general public to stop Covid-19 spread, fully vaccinated people have now been allowed to board suburban locals in Mumbai at least 14 days after taking their second dose. (Express photo by Deepak Joshi)
GRP and local police forces along with the civic body staffers were deployed outside stations to ensure only eligible passengers enter the premises. (Express Photo by Deepak Joshi)
Many commuters who travelled for the first time on Sunday said that they were thankful to the authorities for resuming train services for the general public. (Express Photo by Deepak Joshi)
Mumbai’s suburban train services were shut down in April by the state government after the second wave of the pandemic. (Express photo by Deepak Joshi)
A total of 2,986 train services arel running on the Mumbai suburban network from Monday. (Express Photo by Deepak Joshi)
Central Railway is running 1,612 services on suburban network of Mumbai division and with the increase of 74 services, the total services of 1,686 suburban services on all its suburban sections will become 95% of the pre-Covid services which were 1,774 services. (Express Photo by Deepak Joshi)