Western Railway gift Suburban railway Twenty-six nine-car
rakes that have been upgraded to 12-car trains will be introduced this week.
Two more 12-car trains and another 15-car train are to be put into service by
December-end,
The railways said 11 services will be operated between
Churchgate and Borivali, eight between Churchgate and Andheri; four between
Churchgate and Bandra, and one each on the Mahalaxmi-Andheri, Bandra-Borivali
and Churchgate-Malad sections.
Kumar also announced
a new ticketing system to ease the crowding, among measures to improve the
quality of commute for suburban travellers.
The railways said that the conversion of 26 services from
nine-car to 12-car will create additional room for more than 38,000 commuters.
With these new services the number of 12-car services on the Western Railway
will go up to 1,116 services a day. There are 14 other 15-car services also on
the suburban network.
The total number of services currently is 1,250 and is
expected to rise by 55 by January-end.
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