About 37 lakh commuters have been travelling daily since February 1, when the Railways allowed the general public to avail the services of Mumbai locals, shows the data of the past 15 days. Of the total, about 20 lakh passengers travelled on Central Railway daily, while Western Railway catered to 17 lakh people.

Air-conditioned local trains on CR continued to see a good response, thanks to less crowd. The sale of tickets for AC locals on CR increased steadily, with a daily average of 696 passengers. On WR, the number of daily passengers remained steady at about 5,000.