Title - Mumbai Suburban trains to add 80 new train services from October

In order to increase passenger carrying capacity Western and Central railway will add 80 new daily services in their suburban fleet from October. At present Central Railway runs 1660 services per day  and Western Railway runs 1290 services per day carrying 85 lakh passengers per day.

Indian Railways carry 2.4 crore passengers per day from which Mumbai suburban section alone forms 50% of share.

Railways will also increase number of coaches in local. Central Railway run many locals with 15 coaches during peak time however Western Railway still don’t run trains with as many number of coaches.