Western Railway will introduce 40 new suburban services of 15-car and 12- car on Churchgate-Virar section from 29thMarch,
2013. It will introduce two more 12-car Ladies Special trains between
Churchgate and Vasai Road, taking the total number of Ladies special to 8
on its suburban section.
The
newly introduced ladies Specials will be run during peak hours to
further facilitate the women commuters. In Up direction, the new ladies
special will start from Vasai Road at 9.56 hrs while in return direction
it will start from Churchgate at 19.40 hrs.
Out
of 40 new suburban services, 16 services will be 15-car services
including 6 services during peak hours to facilitate commuters during
rush period. The total number of 15-car services will go upto 30 on
Western Railway.
These 40 new services include 19 Up and 21 Down trains.The section-wise detail is as under:-
|
Churchgate-Virar -Churchgate
|
3 Up
|
3 Dn
|
|
Nalasopara-Churchgate
|
2 Up
|
-
|
|
Churchgate-Vasai Road-Churchgate
|
1Up(Ladies Special)
|
1 Dn (Ladies Special)
|
|
Churchgate-Bhayandar-Churchgate
|
2 Up
|
3 Dn
|
|
Churchgate-Bandra
|
-
|
2 Dn
|
|
Dadar-Bhayandar-Dadar
|
1 Up
|
1 Dn
|
|
Bandra-Bhayandar
|
-
|
1 Dn
|
|
Churchgate-Andheri-Churchgate
|
2 Up
|
2 Dn
|
|
Borivali-Virar-Borivali
|
6 Up
|
2 Dn
|
|
Borivali-Nalasopara
|
-
|
1 Dn
|
|
Borivali-Vasai Road
|
-
|
1 Dn
|
|
Andheri-Bhayandar-Andheri
|
2 Up
|
1 Dn
|
|
Andheri-Virar
|
-
|
2 Dn
|
|
Borivali-Bhayandar
|
-
|
1 Dn
|
|
Total New Services
|
19
|
21
|
Also 10 services of nine car will be conveted to 12 car from 29th March, 2013.
The
addition of 40 new services willfurther increase the carrying capacity
to a great extent by providing additional space for about 1,75,000
commuters per day. With this, the total number of WR’s daily suburban
services will go up to 1290.
Break up of Suburban Services on Western Railway
|
15 car
|
30
|
|
12 Car
|
1150
|
|
Harbour locals
|
110
|
|
Total Services
|
1290
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