AC in NON AC Mumbai local trains soon, read report
This means that the entire non-AC network of Mumbai local trains will gradually convert into AC Vande Metro trains.
In a step forward for Mumbai’s local trains, the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) on Wednesday started the process for the “procurement of 238 trains of Vande Metro (suburban) under Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) 3 and 3A,” in the following seven years and making new train depots at Vangaon and Bhivpuri for their upkeep.
The state and the central government jointly finance the MUTP projects to upgrade the city’s rail fleet with new corridors and trains.
This means that the whole non-AC network of Mumbai local trains will gradually get converted into AC Vande Metro trains.
The press had reported in a front-page report last month on how on 19 May 2023, 170 years after the first train run, in a historic change for Mumbai, the Ministry of Railways had given a one-sheet, five-point letter to the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC), the rail advancement, project planning and implementation body for the city, leading them to upgrade Mumbai local trains into elegant Vande Metro (suburban) trains.
As per the data, the MRVC aims procurement cum lifetime care of Vande Metro (suburban) trains (2,856 cars in a combination of 12/15 cars), including arranging up of new maintenance depots and upgradation of existing maintenance facilities with a completion time of the work 84 months (7 years ) for the supply of these trains along with placing up of new car sheds at Vangaon and Bhivpuri and 420 months (35 years) for complete yearly maintenance of trains and maintenance station.
Source – Mid Day
