The city’s railway think tank, the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC), has come up with the idea of a 15-car complete AC train, when Mumbaikars are looking for solutions exactly opposite of this in the present scenario. MRVC officials, however, said the idea was part of the larger long-term macro plan to migrate commuters to AC locals in the future.

mid-day had highlighted in its front-page story on June 18, For first time ever, rail commuters lose cool, stand divided over AC locals; how for the first time in its history, Mumbai rail commuters had been split due to AC locals. While a new and growing community wants more AC locals even during peak hours, the old and regular commuters are opposed to their regular services being replaced. Mumbai railways cannot introduce new train services on its network any longer as the system is at its optimal capacity and a new service can only be introduced by replacing an existing one.