Summary:
Demand for AC locals isn't great, it would have been better to run partially AC local trains," said Subhash Gupta, president, Rail Yatri Parishad. According to senior railway officials, a regular local train halts for 15 seconds, while AC local halts for 45-50 seconds at every station. The first such Medha AC local train is expected to come by next week. Though the much-touted plan to have a local train of 12 cars divided into two equal parts — half AC and half regular — was a luring proposal, it now seems to be just an idea. Currently, there is a very small percentage of passengers who use the AC local..