Only 50% occupancy allowed in Mumbai local trains

June 15, 2020 09:49

Update on local train travel in Mumbai: Against a seating capacity to accommodate about 1,200 persons, only about 700 are to be allowed per train. The partial resumption of suburban train services is expected to benefit around 1.25 lakh employees of essential services of the state government.

Entry will be given at stations through ID cards of the employees, the official said. The Western Railway will run 73 pairs of suburban services including 8 pairs between Virar and Dahanu Road.

The Western Railway and Central Railway have decided to run the trains from 5.30 am to 11.30 pm with interval of around 15 minutes. Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 3,390 new coronavirus cases, taking the tally to 1,07,958, while 3,950 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 so far.

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