MUMBAI: Central Railway is likely to deploy air-conditioned rakes used on Harbour and Trans-Harbour lines on the Main line as it plans to augment services after the commissioning of the fifth and sixth lines between Thane and Diva, which is expected in February.
CR general manager An-il Kumar Lahoti said, “We’ll review the running of AC services on Thane-Panvel Trans-Harbour and CSTM-Panvel Harbour lines. After commissioning of the Thane-Diva project, we will introduce more AC services as and when rakes are made available.” At present, the fifth and sixth lines operate between LTT-Thane and Diva-Kalyan. After the Thane-Diva corridor is commissioned, more lines will be available for suburban services as long-distance trains will be diverted on the new lines.
