MUMBAI: In what can be called as a major respite to local train passengers on Central Railway (CR), after more than a decade of waiting for approval, the fifth and sixth railway line between Thane and Diva, was commissioned on Tuesday morning.
This will facilitate the railways to launch 80 to 100 more local train services by the year end, enabling the reduction in the crowding between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT)-Kalyan/Karjat and Kasara, one of the busiest routes on the local train networks in the city.
The CR has also planned new air-conditioned (AC) and non-AC trains
with nearly 32 additional train services are likely to be introduced by February end.
