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Mumbai: Honey, they’ve shrunk our local trains!

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Updated on: 14 December,2023 06:40 AM IST  |  Mumbai
Rajendra B. Aklekar | rajendra.aklekar@mid-day.com

As commuters debate fares and other pros and cons, what’s gone unnoticed is the 14 per cent reduced capacity of proposed AC trains

Mumbai: Honey, they’ve shrunk our local trains!

AC train commuters at CSMT. File Pic/Ashish Raje

Key Highlights

  1. It has largely gone unnoticed that trains have dramatically shrunk the capacity
  2. A detailed study has also revealed that there is a difference in the carrying capacity
  3. It has been revealed that the capacity of AC trains is comparatively lesser

While commuters have been debating fares and the pros and cons of air-conditioned (AC) trains, it has largely gone unnoticed that these trains—with which the entire fleet will be gradually replaced—have dramatically shrunk the capacity of  Mumbai locals.

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