Mumbai Local Train News Update: After Corona, Mumbai’s local train service is back on track.
Now a large number of passengers are traveling in local. Meanwhile, Western Railway has decided to change the rules of travel in AC local trains. With this, passengers holding second class tickets will also be able to travel comfortably in AC trains.
Mumbai Local Train News Update: Western Railway, which operates local train service in Mumbai, has made a new rule to pull passengers towards AC trains. Now as an experiment, non-AC or second class passengers will also be able to travel in AC train services of Mumbai Local. By doing so, they will not have to pay any fine. Passengers with Seasonal Pass will also be able to travel in it. Passengers will have to pay the difference in fare during the journey.
Actually, the Railways has taken this decision to increase the number of passengers in AC trains. These trains were started in 2017 but, till now the expected passengers do not travel in them.
Alok Kansal, General Manager, Western Railway said that this decision has been taken to ensure that maximum number of passengers can enjoy the experience of traveling in AC trains.
He said that the trial of this experiment will be started within a month. Soon the detailed information about this will be given to the passengers. Along with this, the Railway Board and the Ministry of Railways are talking about rationalizing the fare in AC local trains. At present, the fare in AC local running between Churchgate and Virar ranges from Rs 65 to Rs 220.
He said that in the coming days, AC local rounds will also be increased. At present, Western Railway has rakes for four AC trains. Of these, only two trains are operational, which make 12 trips a day.
According to a report in the Indian Express, Rajesh Ghanghav, a member of the Mumbai Local Train Passengers Association, said that the decision to pay the difference in fare while traveling on a normal ticket in AC local is a relief for the passengers.
Officials say that all the new trains of Mumbai local coming in future will be AC. Western Railway plans to start a long distance train from Yogeshwari station. For this, this station will be converted into a terminal.
