Railways to expand to 350 local trains in Mumbai from today, only essential staff allowed to travel

Mumbai | Wednesday | 1st July, 2020

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Railways will add 300 more trains to Mumbai suburban train services from July 1, officials said on Tuesday. Central Railway and Western Railway will run additional 150 and 148 local services, respectively, in Mumbai, an official statement by the Railways said. As identified by State govt, essential staff including employees of Centre, IT, GST, Customs, Postal, Nationalised Banks, MBPT, Judiciary, Defence & Raj Bhavan allowed. However, the services are only available for essential services staff. Therefore, total of 350 suburban services will be operated on WR's Mumbai Suburban section from July 1.Who is allowed to travel in Mumbai local trains?.