Mumbai`s first local train with solar-powered interiors and a 12-car walkthrough facility is here.

“This train is lovely for the simple reason one can stand anywhere on the platform, enter a coach and reach any point inside the train,” said an excited Raghav Kumar, a Virar commuter who rode in the 12-car train on its first day of public service on Tuesday. The walkthrough train was received well by commuters. “The railways should replace local trains with these ones,” another commuter said.