Mumbai Local News: 49 trains on Virar-Churchgate route to get upgraded with 15 coaches

The Mumbai division of Western Railway (WR) has decided to augment 49 local trains of 12 coaches with 15 coaches from tomorrow, August 15.

With this, the travelling in Mumbai local trains between Churchgate and Virar will be become comfortable.

Moreover, this development came as the trains saw a significant rise in the footfall in the suburban trains. Therefore, it is expected to help with the dispersal of crowds at stations.

Of the 49 suburban train services which have been augmented to 15 coaches mainly involve slow line services and just 15 fast line services between Churchgate to Virar. The list of augmented trains is as under:

With effect from 15/08/2023, 49 existing Suburban local EMU services will be augmented from 12-car to 15-car. The list of augmented trains is as under: pic.twitter.com/055YTxdgMa

— DRM - Mumbai Central, WR (@drmbct) August 14, 2023

The stabling lines (parking facility) for 15 coaches train is available at Virar, Bhayander and Andheri. The 3 rakes will originate from these stations comprising 49 services providing to and fro services between Churchgate to Virar respectively.

Owing to this step, the 15-coaches train services will increase to 199 from 150, WR officials said today, August 14.

WR operates a total of 1,394 local services daily, including 79 AC services. It caters to over 27.24 lakh commuters on its suburban network everyday.