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Good News, Mumbaikars! Now, "These" Commuters Are Allowed To Travel By AC Trains

It is pertinent to note that this development also comes at a time when the railways is planning to increase the number of AC local train services.

Good News, Mumbaikars! Now, "These" Commuters Are Allowed To Travel By AC Trains
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Railways have decided to facilitate First class Quartey (QST), Half yearly (HST) and Yearly (YST) season ticket holders to travel in AC EMU, stated an official statement released by the Central Railways (CR).

However, the difference of fare between first class quarterly, half yearly and yearly season tickets and AC quarterly, half yearly and yearly season tickets shall be collected for the entire period irrespective of the days left in First Class QST, HST and YST and validity of the same shall be as per the validity of First Class QST, HST and YST o­nly.

This facility will be available with effect from September 24, 2022 (Midnight of September 23/24, 2022).

It is pertinent to note that this development also comes at a time when the railways is planning to increase the number of AC local train services.

For this, the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) decided to tweak the ticketing software and it will soon be implemented, a Central Railways (CR) official stated.

Releasing an official circular earlier this month, the railway minister had mentioned that first-class quarterly, half-yearly and yearly season tickets will be allowed to be converted into season tickets for travel in AC local train services as per the terms and conditions.

It further clarified that the fare difference will have to be paid for the entire duration of the pass irrespective of the number of days it is considered valid.

Moreover, this facility will be available at booking counters and on the Universal Ticket System (UTS) app for which CRIS has been asked to make the necessary changes.

Besides, few months ago, in order to attract passenger footfall, the fares for AC local single and return journey tickets had been substantially reduced since May 5, 2022.

For those unversed, the first AC local service in Mumbai began on December 25, 2017 on Western Railway (WR). While CR runs 56 AC services with four of its five trains in use, WR operates 48 such services with four trains in use.

Also Read: Mumbai Local News: CR detects 9 lakh cases of ticketless travel in 6 months

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