Thursday, August 19, 2010

WR AUGMENTS FOURTEEN 9 CAR SERVICES TO 12 CAR SERVICES

For comfort & convenience of commuters, Western Railway converted Fourteen 9 car services to 12 car services from 15ht August, 2010. This will increase the carrying capacity of these trains by 33 per cent and also the commuter comfort. Out of these 14 services converted from 9 to 12 car, 06 services are between Borivali and Churchgate, 5 services between Andheri and Churchgate and One service each between Borivali & Bandra, Mahalaxmi & Borivali and Churchgate & Mumbai Central.

Since January, 2009, Western Railway has augmented 117 nine car services to 12 car. The number of 12 car services has gone up to 766 which is 63 per cent of the total services of 1210 trains every day which also includes 12 fifteen car services.

The timings of the newly augmented trains are as under:

Down Trains

Up Trains
From
To
Dep
Arrival
From
To
Dep
Arrival
Churchgate
Borivali
5.56
7.01
Andheri
Churchgate
05.09
05.54
Churchgate
Andheri
8.16
9.02
Borivali
Churchgate
07.07
08.13
Churchgate
Andheri
9.56
10.28
Andheri
Churchgate
09.08
09.53
Churchgate
Mumbai Central
11.21
11.31
Andheri
Churchgate
10.32
11.18
Mahalaxmi
Borivali
16.43
17.35
Borivali
Churchgate
17.46
18.37
Churchgate
Borivali
18.39
19.35
Borivali
Churchgate
19.43
20.48
Churchgate
Borivali
20.51
21.56
Borivali
Bandra
22.04
22.36