15 Car Suburban Services extended to Churchgate
With a view to facilitate daily commuters and to provide more space to them, WR is going to extend the services of 15 car local trains upto Churchgate Railway station. Initially six 15 car services will be extended from Friday, 28th January, 2011 on experimental basis.
To ease the dense traffic on suburban trains and to create more space for commuters, 15 car services were introduced on Dadar-Virar section on 21st November, 2009. The 15 car services have 66% more carrying capacity than the 9 car services. 15 car services have received good response from commuters.
With completion of the platform extension work for 15 car trains at Churchgate, now six 15 car services will be extended to Churchgate. Of the existing 15 car services, 2 Virar-Dadar, 1 Dadar-Virar, 1 Virar-Borivali, 1 Andheri-Virar and 1 Dadar-Vasai services are being extended upto Churchgate. The details are as under :
Dn
From | To | Dep | Arr |
Churchgate | Virar | 06.58 hrs | 08.20 hrs |
Churchgate | Virar | 12.46 hrs | 14.07 hrs |
Churchgate | Vasai Road | 16.10 hrs | 17.21 hrs |
Up
From | To | Dep | Arr |
Virar | Churchgate | 05.30 hrs | 06.54 hrs |
Virar | Churchgate | 11.12 hrs | 12.37 hrs |
Virar | Churchgate | 14.32 hrs | 15.54 hrs |
These 15 car trains will halt at Dadar, Bandra, Andheri, Borivali, Mira Road, Bhayander, Vasai Road and Nalasopara stations.