Mumbai suburban network to get new design trains: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said the Mumbai suburban railway would soon get new-design trains fitted with amended features for rider comfortableness and reducing overcrowding.

Railway projects of Rs 16,400 crore are successful assorted stages of completion for Mumbai connected the Central Railway and the Western Railway, Vaishnaw said connected Monday portion addressing a property league via a video nexus from New Delhi.

He besides said the existent clip spread betwixt 2 moving section trains is 180 seconds which volition beryllium brought down to 150 seconds and subsequently to 120 seconds to trim over-crowding and run much services.

"A program for caller plan trains connected the Mumbai suburban web volition beryllium announced soon," the curate said.

The caller plan trains would person amended features and acceleration, and astir importantly much oxygen contented wrong the trains considering the crowd, helium said, hinting astatine an improved ventilation strategy for coaches and improved suspension for passengers' comfort.

The curate further said that astir 10 per cent much oregon astir 300 section bid services, successful summation to 3,000 services operated daily, volition beryllium introduced successful phases pursuing the completion of the ongoing infrastructure projects.

"Almost 300 km of caller tracks volition beryllium laid successful the city," helium added.

"A grounds allocation of Rs 23,778 crore has been made for railways successful Maharashtra successful the Union Budget 2025-26, which is 20 times much than the budgetary allocations made nether the erstwhile UPA governments," Vaishnaw said.

Maharashtra has signed a tripartite statement with the cardinal authorities and the RBI to guarantee creaseless currency travel and accelerated completion of railway projects, helium added.