An additional 298 local trains will run for the essential service employees, announced the railways late on Tuesday night. More government categories, including the nationalised banks' staff, will be allowed to commute for work with necessary identity cards. Local, however, still remains out of bounds for the general public.

Now, both, Western Railway and Central Railway are allowed to run 350 trains each, daily. While CR has added 150 more locals, WR allowed 148 more. These trains will halt at major stations only. On the harbour line, too, trains will halt only at major stations.