Now, only 12-car trains on central line
By afternoon, CR will convert all 9-car trains into 12-cars; harbour line to wait
That familiar scene of commuters running after a local train will finally cease to exist. From late afternoon of November 23, there will not be any nine-car trains on Central Railway's (CR) main line as all they would have been converted to 12-car by then.
"It will be a historic moment. By Wednesday afternoon, we shall convert the last remaining trains into 12-car and there will not be any 9-car trains left on CR's mainline,'' a proud chief spokesperson Vidyadhar Malegaonkar said.
"Central Railway will change the last remaining 56 nine-car services to 12-car services on Wednesday. With this augmentation, all the 785 main line services run daily on CR will have 12-car,'' he said.
Nine-car trains will, however, continue to run on harbour line.
It may be recalled that CR had run its first 12-car service on September 8, 1986 and it is exactly after 25 years that all its trains have been converted to 12-car ones.
During the last three years, CR has tremendously increased its carrying capacity from 1,410 in 2008-09 to 1,573 at present (around 11.5% increase). The number of coaches in service has increased from 13,998 in 2008-09 to 16,896 at present (around 20% increase).
Central Railway is now running 1,573 daily suburban trains in Mumbai by utilising 117 rakes.
"The 12-car trains have 33 per cent more capacity as compared to 9-car trains. Besides increasing capacity, the trains will get an element of stability on stations and commuters will not have to run to catch trains,'' Malegaonkar said.
By afternoon, CR will convert all 9-car trains into 12-cars; harbour line to wait
That familiar scene of commuters running after a local train will finally cease to exist. From late afternoon of November 23, there will not be any nine-car trains on Central Railway's (CR) main line as all they would have been converted to 12-car by then.
"It will be a historic moment. By Wednesday afternoon, we shall convert the last remaining trains into 12-car and there will not be any 9-car trains left on CR's mainline,'' a proud chief spokesperson Vidyadhar Malegaonkar said.
"Central Railway will change the last remaining 56 nine-car services to 12-car services on Wednesday. With this augmentation, all the 785 main line services run daily on CR will have 12-car,'' he said.
Nine-car trains will, however, continue to run on harbour line.
It may be recalled that CR had run its first 12-car service on September 8, 1986 and it is exactly after 25 years that all its trains have been converted to 12-car ones.
During the last three years, CR has tremendously increased its carrying capacity from 1,410 in 2008-09 to 1,573 at present (around 11.5% increase). The number of coaches in service has increased from 13,998 in 2008-09 to 16,896 at present (around 20% increase).
Central Railway is now running 1,573 daily suburban trains in Mumbai by utilising 117 rakes.
"The 12-car trains have 33 per cent more capacity as compared to 9-car trains. Besides increasing capacity, the trains will get an element of stability on stations and commuters will not have to run to catch trains,'' Malegaonkar said.
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