OREANDA-NEWS. December 17, 2012. To give the relief to daily commuters, the following steps have been taken to improve the suburban services of Mumbai area:


128 AC/DC EMU rakes with new state-or-the-art technology, having improved ventilation system, better seating arrangement and aesthetics, have already been inducted into service since 2007-08.  With the induction of these rakes:

" 546 numbers of additional services (339 in Central Railway and 207 in Western Railway) have been introduced.

" 1077 numbers of services (650 in Central Railway & 427 in Western Railway) have been augmented from 9 car to 12 car.

In the Railway Budget 2012-13, additional services in the Mumbai suburban including that on Virar-Dahanu Road section have been announced.  The services announced in the Railway Budget are normally introduced during the course of financial year.