Over 9,700 passengers boarded Mumbai’s air-conditioned (AC) local trains on Thursday, the first day after the railways implemented a revised single-journey ticket fares for passengers travelling in the first-class compartments and AC trains.
The number of passengers who took the AC train services on Thursday not only surpassed the average daily passenger count before the fares were rationalised but also increased manifold.
The revised minimum single journey fare for first class tickets is Rs 25 instead of the earlier Rs 50 for up to a distance of 5 km, while for AC locals, it is Rs 35 instead of Rs 65, officials said.
