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Mumbai: Western Railway announced eight special local trains for new year between Virar and Churchgate stations.
WR chief public relations officer Sumit Thakur said the Vande Bharat service was running with an average occupancy of 130 per cent and has become tremendously popular with passengers.
Mumbai news: The introduction of these new trains will take the number of AC locals running in this section to 48 from its earlier 40 trains.
A Western Railway release issued on Friday said the major block planned for carrying out the work of permanent diversions on bridge numbers 166 and 169, will take place between 6:30am and 2:30pm on Down line (used by trains moving away from the metropolis) and 8:15am and 9:15am on Up line (used by trains coming to the city).
A senior CBI official said it was alleged that AK Chaudhary had demanded a bribe of Rs 15 lakh from the DGM of a Mumbai-based private company in lieu of showing favours in a tender awarded to the said company for Traction Sub Station (TSS) Line Laying and foundation at Wankaner (Gujarat).
At least 44 trains of Ratlam division to and from Mumbai, Delhi, Lingampalli, Nagpur, Gandhinagar, Amritsar, Puri and other cities have been cancelled due to a huge drop in the number of passengers amid rise in COVID-19 cases, the railway's public relations official said.
Western Railways to operate three additional weekly special trains between Bandra Terminus-Barauni Junction and Subedarganj, Surat-Hatia, and Udhna-Chhapra stations.
With this, the total number of services, currently available only for select sections of commuters, on the suburban network will go up to 2,985, the Central Railway and the Western Railway said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
According to a statement by the Western Railway, four trains have been diverted and one train short terminated/short originated.
During normal times before the lockdown, the Central Railway (CR) used to operate 1,772 services, while the Western Railway (WR) ran 1,367 services on the suburban network, they said. The local trains, considered, as the lifeline of Mumbai, were resumed for the emergency and essential services staff in June this year.
Western Railways has become the latest authority to take extreme measures to counter the spread of coronavirus. As per reports, Western Railway has canceled 35 trips of 10 trains due to low occupancy in view of Covid-19.
Western Railway is planning to add another AC local train service in Mumbai between Virar and Churchgate. The proposal has been sent for approval while services are expected to start in the next 15 days.
Western Railway chief spokesperson Ravinder Bhakar said that the head and foot massage service was initiated by the Ratlam Division.
Trespassing on railway tracks is a major cause of deaths on the Mumbai suburban rail network, considered the lifeline of the metropolis.
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Mumbai: As the Mumbai metro is about to start, authorities here are now gearing up to provide the local passengers a cool travel in the air-conditioned local trains. Sharat Chandrayan, chief public relations officer, Western
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