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