Central Railway's (CR) first air-conditioned train was flagged off on Thursday. However, the event started on a bitter note.

First, the event got delayed by about 40 minutes as Suresh Angadi, the state railway minister, arrived late, and later Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar stormed off after finding her name missing from the inauguration board. This resulted in Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant lambasting railway officials.