How Mumbai's lifeline inched back on track after 10-months shutdown

Mumbai's lifeline is suspended

March 22, 2020: Mumbai's lifeline is suspended
June 15: After 84 days, few local trains resume for essential services staff. WR runs 120 services, CR 200
July 24: Experiment with flap barrier gates and OCR scanning ticket readers
July 30: Consideration about using QR code passes, making it compulsory
Aug 27: CR imposes QR code rule at 15 stations, but it's not mandatory
Sept 5: Railways allows pharmaceutical, pathological and lab testing employees
Sept 10: Aircraft maintenance crew, private electricity 
supply companies' staff get nod too
Sept 19: Staff from co-operative & private banks permitted to travel
Sept 21: WR increases local services to 500 from 350
Sept 24: CR ups its services to 423 from 355
Sept 28: WR adds six more services, including two for women
Sept 28: Demo flap barrier gates installed at Mumbai CSMT
Sept 28: WR experiments with satellite offices, staggered timings
Oct 1: CR adds eight services, including ladies’ special trains and for trans-harbour
Oct 2: Private security guards in uniform can travel
Oct 8: Disabled/cancer patients in divyangjan/disabled coaches with tickets and disability certificate
Oct 13: Rlys suggest Kolkata-based e-ticketing, and staggered timing
Oct 15: WR resumes AC locals, services up to 700
Oct 15: CR services up at 481
Oct 17: State govt gives green signal to all women commuters
Oct 19: CR increases its services to 706
Oct 21: All women commuters allowed from 11 am to 3 pm, and after 7 pm
Oct 26: Practising lawyers, their registered clerks get nod to travel till November 23, from 11 am to 4 pm and from 7 pm
Oct 28: State govt writes to Rlys GMs, gives slots, seeks hourly ladies’ trains
Nov 1: With more additions, CR running a total of 1,020 services, WR 1,000
Nov 2: CR gets 552 more locals; total at 1,572. WR services at 1,201 with 201 more
Nov 13: Teaching, non-teaching staff get travel permission
Nov 20: Last suburban corridor opens. CR services up at 1,580
Nov 24: Rlys paste distance marker stickers on train seats
Nov 26: No children onboard locals with women
Dec 2: Local train commuters protest at Palghar, Saphale over revised timings
Dec 17: AC local begins operation. Ten services on the mainline on an experimental basis
Jan 5: Discussions at Mantralaya on allowing general commuters with staggered timings
Jan 10: State govt tells High Court a decision on allowing everyone onboard locals at a meeting on January 12
Jan 12: No meeting
Jan 25: CM meets railways, BMC and police chief on public access
Jan 26: CR and WR announce restoration of locals to 95 per cent of the pre-pandemic level from Jan 29
Jan 29: CM announces locals will resume for all from February 1

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