Longer trains, platforms to ease local train commute on CR by mid-2026

Mumbai: Nearly 3.5 million daily commuters on the Central Railway (CR) suburban network can look forward to more comfortable journeys by the middle of next year when a clutch of 15-coach trains are pressed into service and work on extending platforms at 34 stations is completed, railway officials told Hindustan Times.

The CR presently has only two 15-coach rakes which are used to operate 22 daily services while the remaining services are operated using 12-coach rakes. The 15-coach rakes require longer platforms which are available only on the fast corridor, at 10 stations – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Byculla, Dadar, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Bhandup, Mulund, Thane, Dombivli and Kalyan.