Longer, AC trains and automatic doors: How Indian Railways plans to ease Mumbai local train rush
Prototype for the supply of AC locals and closed door trains
Indian Railways (IR) 238 AC cleared the deck for the supply of local train. According to a HT report, Satish Kumar, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Railway, held detailed meetings with the Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR) officials on Monday to discuss the implementation of this plan. Kumar also announced that trains with automatic closed -door AC will start operations until the end of 2025. While a prototype was produced in the Integral Aries factory in Chennai, another model was placed in the automobile hut with an exchange rate and was taken into consideration.
Focusing on expansion, security and redevelopment of the station
Kumar instructed to accelerate the projects that continue to the departments, especially projects that will expand the frequency of service and increase security. Railway officials, passenger safety and comfort by emphasizing a strong emphasis on the promotion of 15 coaching trains directed to prioritize.
When asked about the project delays, gambling said that the difficulty lies in operational stations instead of green areas that require non -fragile railway movement. According to HT, CSMT and other important places to accelerate the work was made to accelerate, he added.
Authorities also provided updates for the Mega Coaching Complex and attempts to increase passenger capacity at both mail Express and suburban trains.
Efforts to hurry for hours to ventilate yet
In a relevant attempt, CR called on about 800 companies in November 2023 to implement flexible or delayed reporting hours to help employees alleviate the most intense blockage. The aim was to reduce the crowds in the most severe periods between 8 to 11: 00-17: 00-18: 00 in the morning when the trains worked in maximum occupancy. According to a report by Indian Express, only 46 companies responded and the labor force is less than 25 employees. Railway officials, this small number will not lead to a significant receipt unless larger companies come to the ship, he said.
Integrating suburban and metro railway networks
At the meeting, especially in Khar and Ghatkopar stations, multi -mod integration (MMI) was discussed. As reported by HT, a high deck of 5,000 square meters has been created to meet commercial developments at the Khar station and to support future subway connections. Kumar said that similar integration will be monitored at other railway stations with adjacent metro projects.
Kumar, “Metro railway lines with integration is required to conduct a detailed survey about the railway stations,” he said. “This has already been applied in several stations – for example, in Ghatkopar, it has been completed recently. The remaining two can be done only because of daytime passenger traffic.” The questionnaire will examine the uprising, travel models and other data points with MMI facilities planned in 500 meters of radius metro stations.
More railway termination was planned in MMR
In front of the 2027 Kumbh Mela in Nashik, Indian Railways plans to execute additional trains and raise the infrastructure with 1,100 CRORE allocation, most of them will redevelop the Nashik station and nearby facilities. As is quoted by HT, Kumar said, iz We should employ more train that is important to improve railway infra. ”
Railway officials also shared updates about the upcoming railway terminals in the Mumbai Metropolitan region. Kumar emphasized that the need for new facilities in Jogshwari, Panvel, Kalyan and Vasai and that large upgrades made to existing centers such as CSMT have been redeveloped at the cost of 2,500 Crore.
(With toI inputs)
