Mumbai: Finally freedom for many general citizens who are waiting to take a local train for 4 months.
On Sunday, which was also celebrated as the 75th Independence Day, the train allowed commuter with a double vaccine (and 15 days later) to take a suburban train.
It also announced 99 additional services in Western Railway and 74 additional in Central Railway – a total of 173 extra train services on the outskirts of the city from Monday to meet the demonstrations of the general public.
The number of monthly season tickets issued in the Central and Western railroad lines based on universal online offline / pass vaccination also crosses a 1-lakh sign on Sundays and more than 1.3 lakh, officials said.
WR will add 99 new services from Monday between Churchgate and Virar – take a total of 1201 to 1300.
It will be close to the pre-covid level service 1367.
CR will add 74 services between CSMT and Panvel / Karjat / Kasara – Take a total of 1612 to 1686 service.
During the pre-covid, he has 1774 services in the corridor.
On Sundays, people rejoice and some even put messages on social media that ‘it is a fun day for freedom.’ Freedom means a lot for the lower middle class and those from far away, which is left stranded or must go through a terrible time through the road as long as they are rejected by a train trip.
“I worked at a shop in Ghatkopar and lived in Mumbrra.
Today, I can travel by train which is the fastest mode of transportation and it’s cheaper and cheaper.
Besides that, I can take the train next to the early days now.
This is A good gift on i-day, “said Mohammed Iqbal, who worked near Sarvodaya at Ghatkopar West.
Office visitors working on Sunday said except for occasional Mega blocks, train trips are always a smooth trip every weekend during the pre-pandemic period.
“We never cared about transportation.
Only after Covid-19 hit last year that I had been stuck at home and thought twice before ordering Uber ride expensive or planning to take the best bus where the waiting time is longer at the stop.
Train Is Option A better day, “said Girish Sawant, who was traveling from Santacruz to reduce Parel.
Said Girijaprasad Dubey, a senior citizen, “I planned to meet my relatives at the diva.
I want tickets for RS 20 but finally get a monthly feed for Rs 215.
I might not travel for more than 2-3 days in the next month and This seems to be an expensive journey for me.
Why can’t kidrupen out daily tickets? “