Mumbai: Western Railway will flag off its air-conditioned local services tomorrow with a Borivali-Churchgate service commencing at 10:30 am.
WR chief spokesperson Ravinder Bhakar said that the last technical trial run was conducted today in the presence of the senior officers and it was successful.
The official said that the AC local will initially run only in the Churchgate-Borivili section. From January 1, it will run from Churchgate to Virar having 12 services per day, he added.
One slow service of the AC local will operate between Mahalaxmi to Borivali early morning.
However as an introductory offer for a period of initial six months, the base fare of single journey of AC EMU shall be charged 1.2 times, the statement said.
It added that no other type of season tickets shall be issued for the time being and that AC local ticket-holders would be allowed to travel in the first class compartments of non-AC local trains.
WR chief spokesperson Ravinder Bhakar said that the last technical trial run was conducted today in the presence of the senior officers and it was successful.
The official said that the AC local will initially run only in the Churchgate-Borivili section. From January 1, it will run from Churchgate to Virar having 12 services per day, he added.
The base fare of the AC local will be 1.3 times the base fare of the existing fare of a first class ticket
One slow service of the AC local will operate between Mahalaxmi to Borivali early morning.
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However as an introductory offer for a period of initial six months, the base fare of single journey of AC EMU shall be charged 1.2 times, the statement said.
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It added that no other type of season tickets shall be issued for the time being and that AC local ticket-holders would be allowed to travel in the first class compartments of non-AC local trains.
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