Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti

A platform to raise awareness about the difficulties of local train travel and discuss about solutions for safe, comfortable and quick commute.

[Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti @MumLocalYatri]

Me at Thane waiting for fast train everyday.
We need an app to give us consistently correct ETA, all day, everyday. Anyone knows why real time train and bus tracking in Mumbai m it’s so difficult, when it’s so easy in US/Europe? @bhaumikgowande @mumbairail @mumbairailusers

[Aditya Bendre @adibendre1185]

RailOne App says at station we need to scan QR code , but when you visit the ticket counter the QR code is unavailable even at Thane station ( it’s junction) . This is complete inconvenience to genuine travellers @RailMinIndia @MumLocalYatri @AshwiniVaishnaw @Dev_Fadnavis

[Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti @MumLocalYatri]

Delays is the new norm in CR. Even in the day.
Also have been saying this for a while. A city like Mumbai needs more trains at night. Last CST to Thane (not beyond) train is also at 12:23. Can have trains run all night in 30 min intervals.

[Rajendra B. Aklekar @rajtoday]

Mumbai lifeline gone wrong! No local train for over one hour between Thane & CSMT. After waiting for over one hour at Thane station, the 12:09am CSMT EMU local arrives at 1:29am. All those arrived between, terminated at Thane. Is this accounted for by anyone, anywhere @AshwiniVaishnaw ? My UTS is X02DEC93C1 @RailMinIndia

[Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti @MumLocalYatri]

You cannot replace non-AC with AC in peak hour. The crowd in the subsequent train is unimaginable. If you can’t add new services without compromising existing ones, don’t make a change. Simple.

[Vasai Virar @vasaivirarinfra]

Massive protest erupted at Virar station after the 8:28 AM Virar–Churchgate local was converted into an AC train

Passengers say AC fares are unaffordable
Demand: Don’t replace regular locals with AC ones

The sudden change sparked anger as it reduced options for daily commuters

[Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti @MumLocalYatri]

Instead of adding AC as an additional service, CR is replacing ordinary train with AC which increases crowd in every subsequent train

No work to increase capacity even as population grows

Insane they call this “good news” when WR has 240+ 15 car services/day and CR has 22

[DRM Mumbai CR @drmmumbaicr]

Good news for commuters on the Harbour Line! 🙌
Starting 1st May 2026, select non-AC services will now run with fully AC rakes, offering a cooler, more comfortable journey during peak summer. ❄️
Say goodbye to the heat and travel in comfort with enhanced facilities on your daily commute. 🌆

[Akshay Marathe @akshaywcam1]

244 15 coach services - hello @Central_Railway @drmmumbaicr read that once again - 244. How many do you have? 22.

Don't you feel ashamed ?

[Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti @MumLocalYatri]

Happy for WR commuters.
But CR really needs to get its act together

CR- 22 15dabba services/day, WR-220+

CR- 29 services/lakh trips, WR- almost 50 services/lakh trips

CR needs to answer for its inefficiency @drmmumbaicr @Central_Railway

[Western Railway @WesternRly]

In a passenger-friendly move to enhance capacity and convenience on the Mumbai suburban network, Western Railway will upgrade 17 existing 12-coach non-AC services to 15-coach locals as well as introduce 12 additional 12-coach Air-Conditioned local services by replacing existing 12-coach non-AC services, with effect from 1st May, 2026. There will be no change in the total number of suburban
services over Western Railway.

[Akshay Marathe @akshaywcam1]

Dahanu got 15 coach locals in just 13 years after start of locals to Dahanu.

While @Central_Railway was happy with just providing excuses to not run more than 22 15 coach services.

[Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti @MumLocalYatri]

Another fact:

In CR- 1820 services/day. 1740 ordinary (non-AC), 80 AC services.
(29.3 services for every lakh
population)

In WR- 1414 services/day. 1281 non-AC, 133 AC locals.
(45.6 services for every lakh
population)!!

Why so bad CR? @drmmumbaicr

[Amey Kulkarni 🇮🇳 @AmeyKulkarni_21]

Western Railway runs 211 fifteen-coach services
Central Railway runs 22 fifteen-coach services

Latest (2026) weekday suburban ridership in Mumbai:
CR: ~62 lakh passengers/day
WR: ~31 lakh passengers/day

Shameless @GM_CRly @AshwiniVaishnaw @Central_Railway

[Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti @MumLocalYatri]

Just need to compare CR with WR to see how much better CR can be run. There is no technical or operational limitation, it is only limitation of will.

[Amey Kulkarni 🇮🇳 @AmeyKulkarni_21]

Western Railway runs 211 fifteen-coach services
Central Railway runs 22 fifteen-coach services

Latest (2026) weekday suburban ridership in Mumbai:
CR: ~62 lakh passengers/day
WR: ~31 lakh passengers/day

Shameless @GM_CRly @AshwiniVaishnaw @Central_Railway

[TwinAlco @TwinAlco]

The actual missing link is the lack of trains with 22 coaches between Mumbai and Pune and the zero superfast trains between Mumbai and Bengaluru.

Hope this resolves soon till then nothing will work.
@AshwiniVaishnaw @mohol_murlidhar @PCMohanMP @VSOMANNA_BJP @Dev_Fadnavis

[Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti @MumLocalYatri]

Every Monday morning- the never ending maintenance, no fix
@mumbairail @MumbaiLocals @bhaumikgowande
#megablock
#MumbaiLocal

[Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti @MumLocalYatri]

Kalwa station, where the relic board of 9 dabba train still exists, but no 15 dabba board.
When will the railways “work in progress” to make all trains 15 dabba be complete? Already been a decade at least.. @MH04Thane

[Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti @MumLocalYatri]

When there is acute scarcity of space, people start fighting each other rather than asking why this scarcity is there?
“For too many years we’ve heard that railways is “working on it”, we have been hearing that for decades”. @lokmattimeseng

https://t.co/zx9zYUQ48d

[Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti @MumLocalYatri]

Every station should be completely covered. Like Navi Mumbai stations, like platform 5&6 of Jogeshwari etc. it makes a huge difference, especially in monsoon, reducing haste of boarding/ alighting, and prevents people from getting wet.

[Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti @MumLocalYatri]

Why does Metro 1 - Ghatkopar to Versova- after so many years and so much crowd- still have only 4 coaches? Can easily be added as station length is sufficient.. it’s also the most profitable line. Lack of care and indifference, even an expensive ticket doesn’t guarantee comfort!

[Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti @MumLocalYatri]

Nope, not today!

[Rajendra B. Aklekar @rajtoday]

Cattle class! CR Mumbai's train to darkness. Not even basic checks are done if passenger amenities like lights & fans are working inside EMU rakes. 91715- 20:55hrs service to Thane. (My UTS number X02DEC93C1) @GM_CRly @RailMinIndia

[Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti @MumLocalYatri]

False equivalence. Protests are meant to disrupt, irrespective of my agreement with the cause, like farmer or Maratha protest. It targeted the govt over policy.
Here a ruling party neta blocks roads “against opposition” while in power
That’s not protest, it’s netagiri+VIP culture

[Saffron Chargers @SaffronChargers]

Today, a video of a woman from Mumbai is going viral in which she is angrily shouting at a BJP leader for blocking the road during a protest, which caused her inconvenience.

And now, everyone - including the left and opposition -is supporting this woman.

But two years ago, when a girl reacted in the same way and got angry at farmers for blocking roads during the farmer protests, the same left-liberals and opposition heavily trolled and mocked her.

In both cases, the situation is the same - so why this double standard?

[Zoru Bhathena @zoru75]

Golden Tobacco Bus stop, SV Road, Vile Parle (W)

Today we see only 422 plying

Earlier there were 34, 201, 225, 324, 253 and 232.

6 routes not available anymore

This is the story of My BEST Bus

[Mumbai Railway Pravasi Samiti @MumLocalYatri]

These daily incidents highlight how understaffed and overworked railway employees are. I have personally witnessed the extraneous conditions in which signal operators, guards etc operate non stop without breaks.

If we want safer trains, we need better treated rail workers.

[Rajendra B. Aklekar @rajtoday]

BLUNDER! Two local trains on the same track on Central Railway at #Mumbai CSMT.

A Central Railway spokesperson confirmed the incident and said they are investigating the matter.

A train coming from Badlapur was taken on PF 5 instead of PF 4 which was occupied by another local.

The local trains have been backed and now movement is restarting.

The PF 5 to 8 were blocked and movement was stopped from 3.18pm

Now the backing is complete and the movement is starting.

There was a signal between these two local trains. CSMT Internal Home for Suburban Platforms was in red condition hence the Motorman stopped the train.

Also the distance between the two trains was more than 130 meters.