Agenda on new year’s: AC local trains. The railway ministry has announced that AC local trains will finally be operational from January 1, 2018.
The announcement was made by the Union railway minister Piyush Goyal on today, who said that the much-awaited air-conditioned (AC) local train would get operational in Mumbai on January 1, 2018. The minister made the announcement in Delhi while talking to media persons, making this the fifth deadline to make the train operational since the train arrived in the city in April 2016.
The railways minister also said that he has directed the Mumbai railway officials to revise the prices of the elevated corridors between CST- Panvel and Bandra-Virar. The minister had, in a closed-door meeting on September 30, compared the cost per kilometre of the elevated corridors, stating that they cost more than the per kilometre cost of the proposed bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
The AC train has now become a contentious and controversial topic within the city due to the several delays in the launch. Until now, there has been no official fare table but according to sources, the prices are likely to be closer to the fares of Delhi Metro. The train is likely to run from Dadar to Virar, as the bridges between Churchgate and Dadar are too low for the AC train, which is taller than the trains which are currently running on Western and Central railway lines.
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