IRCTC Latest News: Railways to Run 350 Local Trains in Mumbai From Wednesday

Mumbai Local Train Latest News: Giving a piece of good news to the people of Mumbai, Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that the Indian Railways has decided to expand its services and will run 350 local trains in Mumbai from Wednesday. Also Read – Mumbai Local Trains to be Available For Central Govt, Bank And Court Employees Soon

However, he added that the services would be available only to essential workers and not general passengers. Also Read – Tatkal Ticket Bookings Begin For Special Trains From Today -Timings For AC And Sleeper Class, Charges And Other Details Here

Taking to Twitter, Goyal said that Railways will expand to 350 local trains in Mumbai from Wednesay. “As identified by the state government, essential staff including employees of Centre, IT, GST, Customs, Postal, Nationalised Banks, MBPT, Judiciary, Defence and Raj Bhavan will be allowed in the train. No services yet for general passengers,” he said in a tweet. Also Read – Indian Railways Latest News: Migrants Returning to Mumbai, Ahmedabad Sign of Economic Revival, Says Railways

As per an official release from the Indian railways, 150 more services will be added to the existing services taking the total to 350 services.

Railways to expand to 350 local trains in Mumbai from tomorrow.

As identified by State govt., essential staff incl. employees of Centre, IT, GST, Customs, Postal, Nationalised Banks, MBPT, Judiciary, Defence & Raj Bhavan allowed. No services yet for general passengers. pic.twitter.com/QtegX16bLE

— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) June 30, 2020

At present, total 200 services (100 DN and 100 UP) are being run in Mumbai line. Out of the total services, 130 services are running between CSMT and Kasara/Karjat/Kalyan/Dombivali/Thane on main line and 70 services are running between CSMT and Panvel on harbour line.

The move from the Railways Ministry comes after the Maharashtra government requested the Centre to allow employees of various Central Government Offices/Establishments, High Courts and Public Sector Banks to us local trains for their travel.

In the initial phase, a total of 1.25 lakh essential staff (including 50 thousand on Western Railway) as identified by the state government are expected to travel by these trains.

Considered as lifeline of Mumbai, these trains serve to over 8 million people on daily basis in the financial capital of the country.