Mumbai's lifeline seems to have witnessed a dip in its biggest source of revenue: passenger tickets. According to data compiled by the Western Railways, the local trains have seen a drop in the number of commuters using WR's suburban train services.

The statistics compiling the sale of card tickets and season tickets — considered as primary data for collating passenger count in local trains- has seen a huge drop of 5.5 per cent, which in actual numbers, is 4.75 crore passengers less till November this year.