75% of respondents in surveys are preferred by local partial air conditioners with different combinations.
Practical solution.
“Urban transport cannot support the mix and match.
If we have to run the local population air conditioning then all the trains must be air conditioned like the metro rail.
The main problem in running an air-conditioned train on the suburbs of the city of Mumbai is that the double time station will increase, the trip will be more slow and the capacity will be reduced.
Running a door that is partially air-conditioned and some of the local open is a bad idea, “said Subodh Jain, former Top CR boss.
“Local AC presents certain customer segments where other than the comfort of air conditioning, the running time is reduced and comfortable as important.
If we reduce 6 or 9 cars from the local train air-conditioned and replace it with an ordinary car, the customer from the segment will suffer .
This will not provide significant benefits for non-AC commuter.
For them, there are fast locals after short intervals and maybe scheduling can be such that non-AC fast local can follow local air-conditioned.
Second, from a maintenance point of view too , it will be a nightmare, “said AK Shrivastava, former head of the Western Railway Operations Manager.
Likewise, Sudhansu Mani, former General Manager of the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, also felt that local air-conditioned operations on the outskirts of Mumbai City were not practical.
“Despite running local partial air-conditioned with a combination of different technically feasible, it is not a practical solution and also does not meet the purpose of the introduction of local AC in the suburbs,” said Mani which is the top ICF boss when some local coaches are built for Partial local train operations proposed in Mumbai.
Supporting the view of Mani, a senior train official said, “The main purpose of the introduction of local trains is to improve passenger safety and curb commuter cases falling from the local train.
The introduction of local partial air-conditioning will not fulfill that purpose.
According to other senior train officers, around 85 percent of commuters used the second coach of the local train.
About 15 percent of commuters used the first local train coach.
Therefore, the introduction of a partial local train air conditioning means providing security for only selected commuters.
Despite the partial running -AC with a combination that is different technically feasible, it is not a practical solution and also does not meet the objectives of the introduction of local AC in the suburbs of the city-sudhansu mani, ex-GM, integral coach factory, Chennaiasked about the results of a recent survey concluded about operation the local train air conditioned in MMR, an official said 75 percent of respondents wanted a pen Merular partial is local air conditioning with a different combination of 9 + 3 and 6 +6.
About 37,000 Mumbakar participated in a survey spread over two months.
The train authority is preparing a report on the survey that will be submitted to the railroad body to act.
Asked about the final result, a senior official said remembering future developments, the introduction of a full-air-conditioned local was the perfect solution.
“Therefore, based on this survey, we will advise the train board to limit my local AC and second class, and improve the second class tariff of 1.4 to 1.5 times from current rates.
We will also deliver to the train board that 75 percent of Milma Chaikars who wanted the air-conditioned locals in part by being asked about the demarcation of Rake air-conditioned, an official said that 61 percent of respondents wanted local AC demarcation in two classes such as normal local trains.
However, 18 percent of commuters opposed this idea while 21 Percent does not comment on this.
Likewise, 47 percent of respondents are ready to pay 30 percent more rates for the proposed second-class air conditioning trip.
And 12 percent of users are ready to pay 40 percent more, 11 percent of commuters are ready to pay 50 percent more.
Three Perentieth per respondent did not comment.