Key Points:
- 6 more locals to run on Western Railways from Monday.
- 3 – UP from Virar Slow
- 3 – DOWN to Virar Slow
- 2 – Special Ladies Trains amongst the six
📣 Railways to introduce 6 more special suburban services in Mumbai from 28th September, taking total number of services to 506 per day.
This will help maintain social distancing & avoid overcrowding, enabling passengers to travel comfortably even in peak hours. pic.twitter.com/7uYgQbMkuf
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) September 26, 2020
Six more Local Trains will run on Western Railway tracks from September 28. The decision to increase the number of locals was taken on Friday by the Railways Ministry and the Western Railways (WR) in collaboration. This decision has been taken for travelers to maintain Social Distancing and avoid Overcrowding as the norms to keep them safe from the Covid-19 virus.
Special Suburban services of railways for people affiliated to emergency and essential services have begun since mid-June.
Lately, videos of overloaded suburban trains had gone on Social Media where there was no sign of Social Distancing seen. Only to shun such circumstances, the WR has decided to add six more local services to its corridor. The Central Railway (CR), too, had added 68 local services recently.
Around 85 lakh commuters daily used to travel through CR and WR before the lockdown period. At present, they cart nearly 10 lakh commuters daily.
“The number of daily special suburban services will be increased from 350 to 500 on Western Railway from September 21 to maintain social distancing and avoid crowding. The essential staff as notified by the state government to travel in local trains is requested to follow social distancing and wear a mask during travel,” the Western Railway said in a statement on Friday.
पश्चिम रेलवे द्वारा सोशल डिस्टेंसिंग का पालन सुनिश्चित करने तथा राज्य सरकार द्वारा अधिसूचित यात्रियों के लिए स्पेशल लोकल ट्रेनों में भीड़ कम करने के लिए सोमवार, 28 सितंबर, 2020 से मुंबई उपनगरीय सेवाओं की संख्या दो महिला स्पेशल ट्रेनों सहित 500 से बढ़ा कर 506 की जा रही है। pic.twitter.com/QQEXXEuEE5
— Western Railway (@WesternRly) September 27, 2020
The increased six services have been added between Virar- Churchgate sector. – 3 services – UP from Virar on Slow Line
– 3 services – DOWN towards Virar on Slow Line
– 2 Ladies Special services – UP & DOWN morning & evening peak hours – Virar and Churchgate.
For Ladies essential staff..
SIX ADDITIONAL ESSENTIAL SERVICES INCLUDING TWO LADIES SPECIAL WEF 28.09.2020 @Central_Railway @Gmwrly @PiyushGoyalOffc @RailwaySeva @RailMinIndia pic.twitter.com/ocRSgiWO1h— DRM WR MumbaiCentral (@drmbct) September 26, 2020
Following Social Distancing norms are putting on a Mask is MUST while boarding the trains and only specific categories will be permitted to travel, as per the Government.
