Mumbai: Some AC local trains to remain cancelled on April 21, check details

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The Western Railway on Friday said that some AC local trains in Mumbai will remain cancelled on April 21 due to a problem in the motor of one AC rake. The Western Railway said that some services were being converted to non-ac due to the problem.

The Western Railway CPRO said, "There was Alarm Chain Pulling at Mira Rd at 9.02 hrs in Up slow line due to cooling issues of the AC local. Hence the said local had to be run with open doors . Subsequently AC was attended by concerned staff and by the time the train reached Mahalaxmi all the doors were closed and AC too was functioning."

The Western Railway said, It may kindly be noted that the AC services which are cancelled today is due to technical issues in one of the AC local which is being rectified at the car shed. The other incident of AC local being run with open doors in the morning is a different issue which was temporary and has been attended to and the rake is in operation.

In a statement on Twitter, the Western Railway said that due to AC local train rakes unfit following AC local train services will remain cancelled for today i.e on 21/04/2023.

The Western Railway also shared the details of the trains being cancelled. Following are the details of the trains-

-VR94012 EX VR 07:15

- VR94017 EX CCG 08:53

- VR94026 EX VR 10:20

- VR94031 EX CCG 11:48

- VR94038 EX VR 13:18

- VR94043 EX CCG 14:53

- VR94052 EX VR 16:20

In the matter, Western Railway CPRO, Sumit Thakur further said, "Due to a problem in the motor of one ac rake, some services are converted to non-ac."

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The Western Railway may soon get more air-conditioned local trains, as the cool rides have been largely welcomed by commuters, a top source from Delhi has told mid-day. "Given the positive feedback from WR, there may be some big announcement soon," the source said. This comes about a week after mid-day reported how red tape has delayed orders for 238 AC trains promised to Mumbai, in addition to 40 that WR had demanded.

Meanwhile, the plan to replace the existing fleet of non-AC local trains with cool rides has been slowed by political opposition, lack of consensus among commuters and red tape. mid-day recently highlighted how grand plans to procure 238 new AC local trains for Mumbai are stuck in a loop of endless discussions and bureaucracy. Since December 2022, when the city got its last AC train, no new order has been placed. Western Railway, however, had made a separate demand for 40 AC locals.