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Mumbai: Increase in two-wheelers, improved bus services reduces local train ridership, say experts

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Updated on: 15 September,2022 11:35 AM IST  |  Mumbai
Rajendra B. Aklekar | rajendra.aklekar@mid-day.com

Daily local train ridership down from 80 lakh to just 60 lakh; experts suggest two-wheelers, improved bus services and continuing WFH culture could be behind fall

Mumbai: Increase in two-wheelers, improved bus services reduces local train ridership, say experts

Before the pandemic, 2,536 Mumbaikars, on average, would travel in a 12-car train on the Central Railway daily. The current figure stands at 1,795. Pic/Ashish Raje

Six months after all pandemic restrictions were lifted, Mumbai local train passenger numbers are still nowhere near the pre-COVID-19 figure. Earlier, 80 lakh passengers used to travel daily on Mumbai’s local trains, a number that has dropped to just over 60 lakh. This is despite the fact that the number of local train services has increased over the same period. 

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