OREANDA-NEWS. August 22, 2012. To give relief to daily commuters, the following steps have been taken to improve the suburban services in Mumbai area:

128 AC/DC Electrical Multiple Unit (EMU) rakes with new state-of-the-art technology having improved ventilation system, better seating arrangement and aesthetics have already been inducted into service since 2007-08. With the induction of these rakes:

530 numbers of additional services (323 in Central Railway & 207 in Western Railway) have been introduced.

1001 numbers of services (650 in Central Railway & 351 in Western Railway) have been augmented from 9 cars to 12 cars.

The Minister of Railways during the Rail Budget, 2012-13 has announced additional services in Mumbai sub-urban including Virar-Dahanu Road. These services are being planned and will be introduced as and when EMU Coaching stock becomes available.