01 February,2021 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Mumbai local trains open for general public. Pics/Rajendra Aklekar
As Mumbai local trains opened for the general public on February 1 with staggered timings, a Mid-Day reporter took a ride on the Central and Western line before 7 am and found out that commuters preferred not to crowd stations.
Travel for the general public is allowed till 7 am from the start of the first local train then from 12 pm to 4 pm and then after 9 pm.
Churchgate station
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A minimal crowd was seen across Thane, Kurla, Dadar, Mumbai Central and Churchgate stations. Most of the passengers were government employees, vendors, and those travelling outstation in scheduled express trains.
Dadar station was virtually empty at 6 am and so was Mumbai Central station. Even the harbour line trains were empty at a junction station of Kurla.
At the Churchgate station, most of the gates were closed causing confusion among the commuters. The pedestrian subway was also shut before 7 am. Only entrances on either side were opened up till early morning.
At Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), there was no crowd before 7 am.
Travel by local trains, the lifeline for Mumbaikars, was restricted in March 2020 after the coronavirus outbreak.
