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According to senior officers from RPF, they had started the drive on the Harbour line in educating people staying along the tracks in shanties; not to throw stones at AC locals.
On Thursday till 2 pm 2543 passengers used air conditioned local trains of central railway. Similarly 2681 passengers used AC locals of WRs till 2 pm on Thursday.
Due to either on the roof or underslung propulsion system, these trains will have some lateral seating arrangements against longitudinal seating in metros due to longer journeys.
According to Central Railway officials, they found that there were 125 passengers on an average travelling inside each service of a 12-car AC train. This number used to be 56-58 passengers in each service of AC local.
This week, we asked Mumbaikars whether the city requires AC local trains at all, and there’s what they have to say.