Mumbai: 753 new suburban services; 88% local trains now back on track
In a bid to prevent crowding in local trains
in Mumbai, railway authorities added 753 new special services from Monday,
taking the total number of services on the suburban network to2,773, officials
said.
With this, the railway authorities have
resumed 88 per cent of the total 3,141 suburban services which were being
operated before the outbreak of COVID-19, they said.
During normal times before the lockdown, the
Central Railway (CR) used to operate 1,772 services, while the Western Railway
(WR) ran 1,367 services on the suburban network, they said.
The local trains, considered, as the lifeline
of Mumbai, were resumed for the emergency and essential services staff in June
this year.
To cater to the increasing crowd in suburban
trains, the Central Railway has now added 552 more services on its routes,
while the Western Railway has added 201 services, as per a joint press release
issued by the CR and WR on Sunday. Read More
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