MUMBAI: The railways has decided to operate 100% suburban services on both Central and Western corridors from Thursday. The services return to their full schedule for the first time since March 22, 2020, when the national lockdown was imposed.
CR and WR now run 1,702 and 1,304 services, accounting for 95.7% of the full schedule. “From October 28, CR and WR will run 1,774 and 1,367 services, respectively. However, only those categorised by the state government and approved by the ministry of railways are permitted to travel by trains,” said CR chief PRO Shivaji Sutar.
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At present, WR carries 18 lakh passengers per day as compared to 35 lakh before Covid. On CR, 21 lakh passengers travel now as against 45 lakh earlier.
