In a major announcement, Minister of State for Railways Raosaheb Patil Danve announced a 50 per cent reduction in the ticket prices of local AC trains in Mumbai.

This comes as Mumbai and several parts of the country are experiencing high temperatures. With trains being the lifeline of the maximum city, this fare reduction is set to cheer daily passengers.

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to the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) monitoring station in Santacruz, Mumbai has seen above-normal temperatures since April 19, with two significant spikes on April 21 and April 24, when the temperature touched 38.9 and 38.5 degrees.

Permanent Augmentation of Express Trains
Central Railway will augment the following Express Trains with coaches with effect from dates mentioned against each.
11039 Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus Kolhapur-Gondia Express – Two AC-3 Tier coaches from 1.5.2022
11040 Gondia-Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus Kolhapur Express – Two AC-3 Tier coaches from 3.5.2022
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Hadapsar-Nanded Express - o­ne AC-3 Tier coach with immediate effect.
12730 Nanded-Hadapsar Express – o­ne AC-3 Tier coach with immediate effect.
22944 Indore-Pune Express – o­ne AC-2 Tier and o­ne AC-3 Tier from 1.6.2022
22943 Pune-Indore Express – o­ne AC-2 Tier and o­ne AC-3 Tier from 2.6.2022
12913 Indore-Nagpur Express - o­ne AC-2 Tier and o­ne AC-3 Tier from 5.6.2022
12914 Nagpur-Indore Express - o­ne AC-2 Tier and o­ne AC-3 Tier from 6.6.2022
12923 Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Nagpur Express - o­ne AC-2 Tier and o­ne AC-3 Tier from 7.6.2022
12924 Nagpur-Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Express - o­ne AC-2 Tier and o­ne AC-3 Tier from 8.6.2022
16541 Yesvantpur-Pandharpur Express - o­ne AC-3 Tier with immediate effect
16542 Pandharpur-Yesvantpur Express – o­ne AC-3 Tier with immediate effect
22882 Bhubaneshwar-Pune Express – o­ne AC-3 Tier from 29.3.2022
22881 Pune-Bhubaneshwar Express – o­ne AC-3 Tier from 31.3.2022
Revised Composition of Trains
11039/11040 – 10 sleeper class, o­ne AC-2 Tier, four AC-3 Tier, 5 general second class including guard’s brake van
12729/12730 – o­ne First AC, o­ne AC-3 Tier economy, 7 sleeper class, 5 AC-3 Tier, two AC-2 Tier, 4 general second class
22944/22943; 12913/12914 and 12923/12924 – two AC-2 Tier, 6 AC-3 Tier, 8 sleeper class, 4 general second class including guard’s brake van.
16541/16542 – o­ne First AC, two AC-2 Tier, 4 AC-3 Tier, 8 sleeper class, 6 general second class including guard’s brake van, o­ne pantry car
22882/22881 – o­ne AC-2 Tier, 6 AC-3 Tier, 8 sleeper class, 2 general second class

MUMBAI: The Western Railway will run superfast Duronto special between Pune and Ahmedabad from Monday and the train will pass via Vasai Road in Mumbai region.
Train No. 02298 Pune – Ahmedabad will leave Pune at 9.35 pm every Monday, Thursday and Saturday from March 15 till further advice. "En route, the train will halt at Lonavala station at 10.18 pm and there will be another halt at Vasai Road station at 12.40 am for five minutes before reaching Ahmedabad at 6.40 am ," a senior official said. This train will have 1st AC, AC 2 tier and AC 3 tier coaches.
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the return direction, the Train No. 02297 Ahmedabad – Pune will leave Ahmedabad at 10.30 pm every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday with effect from March 16. It will arrive at Vasai Road station at 3.45 am and depart at 3.50 am. It will have second halt at Lonavala at 6.02 am for three minutes before reaching Pune at 7.10 am.
"The booking will open at nominated PRS counters and on IRCTC website. The train will run as fully reserved train," a WR official added.

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New platforms at Vasai Road Station in Mumbai have been proposed in response to demands of passengers residing in this region.
New platforms at Vasai Road Station in Mumbai have been proposed in response to demands of passengers residing in this region.
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proposal has been floated to establish two new outstation platforms at the Vasai Road railway yard in Mumbai, in order to boost connectivity to Southern India. The Western Railway is contemplating the bid which has been tabled in view of the demands of the people residing in this region. Decongesting the load of the partially saturated platforms at Bandra and Mumbai Central Terminus, the new platforms will also be a convenient option for passengers heading towards Hyderabad and other such destinations from the Northern suburbs in Mumbai.
New platforms at Vasai Road station: Convenient or cumbersome?

Senior officials of the Western Railways have surveyed the land identified for the project. In addition to this proposed land, the land which is currently used for the transportation of freight materials will also be granted to the WR for the new platforms, after the construction of the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) in 2022. Besides, connectivity along the East-West corridor at the Vasai Road station will also be provided by WR, read reports.
The decision to establish the new platforms has received a contrasting feedback. Regular travellers have welcomed the move stating that it will be convenient for them to board a train to South India from here instead of from Dadar or Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, which are far off. On the other hand, some people have stated that running operations from Vasai Road will be a difficult task. The railways will have to link the trains from these platforms via Vasai-Diva-Panvel which will be very cumbersome. Instead, an established terminus will be able to the task better, the opinions highlighted.
Initially, the Western Railways too, had proposed to construct a terminus at Vasai Road in 2013, which failed at execution. In 2017, the same project was pushed again, however, to no avail. By 2018, WR announced to set up a terminal here and the proposition included the construction of 4 platforms, 3 stabling lines for outstation trains and a new terminal building by 2023.
Boosting Mumbai's suburban 'local' train system network

The project also pipelines to connect these platforms to Mumbai's suburban local train system to operate services between Vasai and Panvel. The project, however, needs to be approved for the Indian Railways and may be tabled for the Railway Ministry later this year, following approvals from the Western Railways.
Meanwhile, the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has also undertaken the task of operating local trains between Vasai and Panvel railway stations. Under this project, about 11 new railway stations have been proposed between the two stations. Further, the changes like, raising the height of AC trains and changing the present signalling equipment have also been listed among other proposals.