This is the first time that the Central Railway (CR) is introducing AC locals on its main line, where services are operated from the CSMT to Kasara and Khopoli.
The daily commuters of Mumbai local trains have been disenchanted with the special fully-AC trains almost right from the time the services started in 2017
The service had been rolled out on a trial basis since December 25, and the first fully operational AC local train starts on January 1st.
A fine of Rs 435 was recovered from the passenger and the amount includes Rs 165 as fare, Rs 250 as penalty, Rs 10 as CGST and Rs 10 as SGST, he said.