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Mumbai gets first non-AC door closing local train with enhanced features
Updated On: 14 April, 2026 07:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Mumbai has received its first non-AC local train with automatic door-closing features, marking a significant upgrade in suburban rail travel. The new rake, inspected at Kurla car shed, offers larger windows, improved ventilation, more leg space, and expanded luggage compartments

More legroom has been provided between seats; The train is split into units of six, each with vestibules; Louvred doors allow air movement.
The non-AC, door-closing train arrived in Mumbai on Monday with a number of features. A first-hand look by mid-day at the Kurla car shed revealed that the train has managed to maintain all its segregated compartments, has larger windows, forced ventilation, more leg space, and above all, bigger luggage compartments.
The train, split into units of six, each with vestibules, has internal partitions to separate ladies, first class and other compartments. It has coaches meant for the disabled as well. The rake, numbered 268201-268212, is the very first such train on Indian Railways.

