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Mumbai: Western Railways to add 40 additional suburban services

The Western Railways of Mumbai took to Twitter to announce that it will add 40 additional suburban services to the existing 162 services.

Mumbai: Western Railways to add 40 additional suburban services
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The Western Railway (WR) of Mumbai took to Twitter to announce that it will add 40 additional suburban services to the existing 162 services currently plying on the Mumbai Suburban section which will take effect from June 29.

This would mean that a total of 202 services will now be running on the suburban section of the Western Railways.

Down below is the break-up of the 40 additional services:

  • Twenty slow services between Churchgate - Borivali (10 in UP direction+ 10 in down direction).
  • Two slow services between Borivali- Vasai Road in down direction.
  • Two fast services from Vasai Road – Churchgate in UP direction.
  • Two slow services in UP direction between Virar - Borivali.
  • 14 fast services between Churchgate- Virar (8 in Down direction and 6 in UP direction)

The Mumbai suburban network spreads from Churchgate to Dahanu on the Western Railway route and from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) to Kasara and Khopoli on the Central Railway's mainline. The local trains which are considered to be the lifeline of Mumbai have resumed its operations recently after a gap for over two months. More than 8 million people travel on these trains every single day. The Central and the Western Railway operate over 3,000 services on the suburban routes daily.

Indian Railways on June 15 started the local train services after 84 days of lockdown since March 23 for the people who are on associated with providing the essential services. In order to curb the surge in the number of cases of coronavirus, only the people who are engaged in essential services would be able to travel in the local trains. People like police, doctors, nurses, municipal cleaners, journalists can traverse in the locals.

Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena leaders have been demanding the bank employees be included in the list of essential services. Bank unions have also complained regarding the same adding that bank employees are not being allowed to use the service to commute to their workplaces.

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