Western Railway's Mumbai suburban division will work on a new time-table from January 1 (midnight of January 1 and January 2). As per the new time table, 13 services have been extended and 11 services have been sped up.

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The total number of suburban services will however remain same i.e. 1305 including 110 harbour services. This, according to WR officials, will also have a cascading effect on several mail trains including the prestigious Rajdhani trains.

The time-table was released on Thursday by WR general manager GC Agarwal in presence of Mumbai divisional railway manager Shailendra Kumar. 

Extension of Trains :

13 services have been extended, out of which, 7 in Dn and 6 in Up direction. In the Dn direction, 2 trains  departing from Andheri for Vasai Rd will now depart from Churchgate. One Churchgate-Bandra will be extended to Borivali, one Churchgate-Vasai extended to Virar, one Borivali-Nallasopara will now run as Andheri-Virar one Churchgate-Bandra will run upto Bhayandar and one Borivali-Bhayandar will run upto Nallasopara.

Whereas in Up direction, 2 trains departing from Virar for Andheri will now run upto Churchgate, one Vasai-Andheri extended to Churchgate, one train running between Vasai Rd-Churchgate will now run from Virar, one Borivali-Churchgate will depart from Virar and one Andheri-Churchgate will depart from Virar.

Speeding up of trains :

11 suburban services will be speeded up by a range of 4 to 9 minutes. Out of these, 5 are in Up and 6 in Down direction. 10 trains between Virar-Churchgate and one between Virar-Dadar will be speeded up.

Change in pattern of running :

Due to change in the timings of Mail/Express trains, there has been a change in mode of 8 existing trains. To avoid crossovers at Andheri, some of the trains have been rescheduled.