In view of Western Railway (WR) restoring monthly season tickets (MST) for a few inter-city unreserved trains along the Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot stretch, commuters have demanded that a similar move was needed for trains on the Mumbai-Pune and Nashik routes. However, Central Railway (CR) officials said that they might not be able to implement it immediately in view of the existing restrictions in the state, but could surely take up the issue with the government.

WR has decided to issue MST for some unreserved trains in the non-suburban section with effect from September 15. The facility will be available for a total of 58 train services — 14 on the Ahmedabad division, 12 each on the Vadodara and Bhavnagar division, eight each on the Mumbai Central and Ratlam division and four on the Rajkot division.