Revenue increases in WR, CR: Mumbai AC locals report rise in ridership and ticket sales after fare cut

The number of tickets for Mumbai air conditioned (AC) local trains sold on the Central and Western Railway has shown a quantum jump after the fares were slashed by almost 50 per cent by the Indian Railways from May 5.

Before the fare cut, the average number of single journey tickets sold for AC trains on both the railway lines Central and Western was just 3,386 per day in April, but is has rose to 12,102 after the cut.

The railway board on April 29 had issued a notification announcing rationalising of single journey basic fare of AC local train services running over Mumbai suburban sections with effect from May 5.