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Mumbai: Central Railway has postponed the introduction of 15-car services by a day as it is yet to receive the approval from the commissioner of railway safety.
    Instead of October 15, the 15-car services will start on October 16. “The CRS wanted to undertake a trial run before granting approval. The trial runs will start from Saturday midnight and the papers will be submitted to the CRS on Monday. We hope to receive the certificate in time to start the services on Tuesday,” CR general manager Subodh Jain said.
    The new timetable for Main line, which will see 18 new services, will be followed from Monday. The CR will run 16 15-car services, of which four will be in the peak hours. The CST-Kalyan fast locals will halt only at Byculla, Dadar, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Mulund, Thane and Dombivli.
    “It will start from 7.33 pm on October 16,” V A Malegaonkar, chief PRO of CR said.
EXTRA ROOM
Two extra coaches will be used for ladies’ 1st class and 2nd class. The third coach will be spilt among general 1st class, general 2nd class and handicapped section
Main line services will go up from 785 to 803; peak-hour rise will be from 165 to 170