<p class="title">India's first broad-gauge, air-conditioned (AC) local train completed two years on track this Wednesday, earning the Western Railway a revenue of at least Rs 40.03 crore, an official release stated here on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The first AC local, fitted with the indigenous three-phase propulsion system of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, arrived in May 2017, and after several safety trials, it was pressed into service on Dec. 25, 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On an average, approximately 18,000 commuters travel by the AC local every day, with at least 1,500 in each service, the WR's statement said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"In the last two years, as many as 8,43,343 tickets were sold for the train, of which 6,62,565 were single-journey tickets and 1,80,778 were season tickets," the release stated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The WR currently operates 12 AC services, of which eight fast services ply between Churchgate and Virar and three between Churchgate and Borivali, apart from a slow service from Mahalaxmi to Borivali.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 12-coach AC local has state-of-the-art security features including automatic door closing, talkback and fire-fighting systems in every coach.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Till date, the city has received four AC locals- three for WR and one for the Central Railway (CR).</p>.<p class="bodytext">"At present, two locals are being plied for regular services, while the third one will be operational from early next year", a railway official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He further said that the CR received it's first AC local earlier this month and it will hit the tracks after some mandatory safety trials. </p>
<p class="title">India's first broad-gauge, air-conditioned (AC) local train completed two years on track this Wednesday, earning the Western Railway a revenue of at least Rs 40.03 crore, an official release stated here on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The first AC local, fitted with the indigenous three-phase propulsion system of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, arrived in May 2017, and after several safety trials, it was pressed into service on Dec. 25, 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On an average, approximately 18,000 commuters travel by the AC local every day, with at least 1,500 in each service, the WR's statement said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"In the last two years, as many as 8,43,343 tickets were sold for the train, of which 6,62,565 were single-journey tickets and 1,80,778 were season tickets," the release stated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The WR currently operates 12 AC services, of which eight fast services ply between Churchgate and Virar and three between Churchgate and Borivali, apart from a slow service from Mahalaxmi to Borivali.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 12-coach AC local has state-of-the-art security features including automatic door closing, talkback and fire-fighting systems in every coach.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Till date, the city has received four AC locals- three for WR and one for the Central Railway (CR).</p>.<p class="bodytext">"At present, two locals are being plied for regular services, while the third one will be operational from early next year", a railway official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He further said that the CR received it's first AC local earlier this month and it will hit the tracks after some mandatory safety trials. </p>