Now, separate compartment for senior citizens in local trains in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Senior citizens may get a chance to travel more comfortably in local trains as railways is planning to reserve one luggage compartment for the elderly after the demand was made in the Bombay High Court through a public interest litigation filed in 2022.

The PIL said that around 50,000 senior citizens commute daily in suburban trains in the financial capital. Petitioner K P Purushothamam Nair, himself a senior citizen, aged 66, had emphasised that it is difficult for the elderly to find a place to sit as the limited 14 seats dedicated to seniors in the second class are often occupied by younger commuters during the peak hours.