Mumbai: WR to convert 26 suburban services to 15-car from 12-car November 21

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Twenty-six 12-car services local trains on Western Railway (WR) Mumbai will be converted into 15-car ones from Monday, November 21. The longer trains will offer a 25 per cent increase in carrying capacity of each train. Among the 26 local train services, 13 services each will be in both directions with ten on the fast line.

"The total number of 15-car services will increase from 106 to 132 over WR's Mumbai suburban section. There will be no change in the total number of services, that is 1,383 services including 79 AC local services. The augmentation will provide additional accommodation to the commuters for their convenience and comfort," Sumit Thakur, WR chief public relations officer said.

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Western Railway has been a pioneer in introducing 12-car services in the year 1986 and later 15-car services in 2009 on its fast corridor on the suburban section, besides introducing AC local, a first in the country on December 25, 2017. WR also introduced twenty-five 15-car services between Andheri and Virar last year on June 28, 2021.