Central Railway to run 54 15-car Mumbai local trains from August 15, check complete details here

Central Railway on Friday announced that it will run 54 15car Mumbai local trains from August 15According to an official statement the Central Railway said that it will convert 22 suburban train services from 12car to 15car rakes on its Main Line from August 15 2026 increasing passenger capacity on several key routesThe move will take the total number of 15car services on Central Railway from 32 to 54 The upgraded services will operate on the CSMTKarjatKhopoli South East corridor benefiting commuters travelling through major suburban stations25 per cent increase in passenger capacityThe addition of three coaches to each train will increase the passengercarrying capacity of the services by 25 per cent officials saidThe upgraded trains will serve commuters travelling to and from Ambarnath Badlapur Karjat and KhopoliOf the 54 15car local train services 11 will operate during the morning and evening peak hours helping to reduce overcrowding during the busiest periodsKey changes from August 15Several services will see changes in their rake configuration timings or routes from Saturday Peakhour services Two morning services mdash AmbarnathCSMT at 827 am and KhopoliKarjat at 10 am mdash will be converted to 15car servicesIn the evening the CSMTAmbarnath local at 742 pm and CSMTKarjat local at 750 pm will also be upgraded Faster services The CSMTKhopoli local departing at 1057 pm and the CSMTAmbarnath local departing at 1205 am will be converted from slow to fast services Route change The KhopoliParel local train will now originate from Dadar and operate as the KhopoliDadar local Saturday cancellation The DadarAmbarnath 15car service departing at 1123 pm will remain cancelled on Saturdays for regular maintenance15car services have expanded steadilyCentral Railway introduced its first 15car local services on 16 October 2012 with 16 daily servicesThe number increased to 22 services in April 2019 followed by another 10 services in July 2026With the latest expansion the number of daily 15car services will rise to 54Total number of services unchangedDespite the increase in 15car trains the total number of daily suburban services on Central Railway will remain unchanged at 1820Railway officials have also said that 15car services will be introduced on the North East line in the near future further expanding the use of highercapacity trains on the suburban networkTime table of trainsDirectionTrain CodeRouteDepartureArrivalDOWNDKP 1Dadar ndash Khopoli07430951DOWNS 17CSMT ndash Karjat09571155DOWNSKP 5Karjat ndash Khopoli10401105DOWNSKP 7Karjat ndash Khopoli12001225DOWNSKP 9Karjat ndash Khopoli13151340DOWNS 27CSMT ndash Karjat14451642DOWNBL 35CSMT ndash Badlapur16421807DOWNA 49CSMT ndash Ambarnath19422101DOWNS 37CSMT ndash Karjat19502151DOWNKP 15CSMT ndash Khopoli22570130DOWNA 1CSMT ndash Ambarnath00050127UPDKP 2Khopoli ndash Dadar04500701UPA 20Ambarnath ndash CSMT08270944UPSKP 8Khopoli ndash Karjat10001025UPSKP 10Khopoli ndash Karjat11201145UPSKP 12Khopoli ndash Karjat12401305UPS 30Karjat ndash CSMT12231420UPKP 8Khopoli ndash CSMT13481614UPS 40Karjat ndash CSMT17331934UPBL 50Badlapur ndash CSMT18171944UPDA 12Ambarnath ndash Dadar21072211UPS 54Karjat ndash CSMT22032359