Updated On: 05 February, 2021 07:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Following poor response for fully air-conditioned local trains, an alternative proposal - first reported by this paper - gains steam as Centre allots a new budget head for 78 partial A/C EMU rakes

CR’s AC local at CSMT in December. The railways will have to figure out how to link AC locals with regular trains. File pic
The railway budget presented this week has given broad hints that Mumbai may get partial air-conditioned local trains instead of the full ones that have been plying amid low response. The Assets-Acquisition, Construction and Replacement for 2021-22 Railway Board budget document opened a new head for ‘Partial Air Conditioning of 78 EMU rakes for running in Mumbai at a cost of Rs 507 crore’. A sum of Rs 1,000 crore has been allocated this year, opening a new accounts head.