2018 is going to be super exciting for Mumbaikars.

After almost 10 years of planning, Thr city will git it’s first AC local as a New Year’s gift from the Western Railways. Yes you read it right. The dream is finally coming true.

AC local train in Mumbai

Railway Minister Mr. Piyush Goyal has announced that they will be launching the first AC local train on 1st January 2018 and it will complete 7 services daily.

AC Local train in Mumbai

 

The new AC local train will have a seating capacity of 1028 passengers and can accommodate around 5964 passengers.

The price of AC train will be similar to the current First Class Local tickets but season tickets are likely to cost 1.5 times that of the First Class ticket.

The train will have electrically operated automatic sliding doors and will stop at every station for 20-30 seconds.

Well, It is now time to travel royally in the local train.