Mumbai local train update: Railways to add 10 suburban services of 15-car rake from July 20 – Routes, timings

2 min readJul 18, 2026 06:47 PM IST

Mumbai local train commuters will get 10 new 15-car Central Railway services from July 20. Check the routes, timings and schedule. (Image generated using AI)

Mumbai suburban rail network: The Central Railway will introduce 10 local train services with 15-car rakes from Monday, July 20. These new services will replace the existing 12-car local trains, increasing passenger carrying capacity on the Mumbai suburban network.

Confirming the development to Indianexpress.com, Dr Swapnil Nila, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of Central Railway, said that with the upgradation of 10 more suburban services from 12-car to 15-car rakes from July 20, 2026, the total number of 15-car services on Central Railway network will increase to 32. The total suburban services will remain the same i.e. 1820.

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The first 15-car local train services on Central Railway’s Mumbai suburban network were introduced on October 16, 2012, with 16 services. On March 4, 2019, the railway added six more 15-car services, taking the total count to 22.

In a statement, the CPRO said that all 10 local train services of 15-car rake will operate on the Central Railway’s Main Line from July 20. “These services will run on the CSMT-Karjat South East line and will immensely benefit passengers travelling to and from Ambarnath/Badlapur/Karjat. This upgradation of 3 additional coaches per service, will enhance the carrying capacity of each service by 25 per cent,” he said.

Mumbai local train network: Central Railway adds 10 new 15-car services from July 20 – Check schedule

🚃 10 services presently running with 12-Car rake will run with 15-Car rake w.e.f. 20.07.2026

🡆 Down Trains (CSMT → Outbound)  5 Services

SN

Train Code

Route

Departure

Arrival

1

A 11

CSMT–Ambarnath

09:15

10:34

2

K 53

CSMT–Kalyan

12:26

13:30

3

BL 31

CSMT–Badlapur

15:03

16:27

4

S 33

CSMT–Karjat

18:21

20:13

5

A 59

CSMT–Ambarnath Slow→Fast

23:08

00:30

🡄 Up Trains (Outbound → CSMT)  5 Services

SN

Train Code

Route

Departure

Arrival

1

A 16

Ambarnath–CSMT

07:51

09:09

2

A 28

Ambarnath–CSMT Slow→Fast

11:03

12:21

3

K 64

Kalyan–CSMT

13:36

14:41

4

BL 44

Badlapur–CSMT

16:47

18:10

5

S 48

Karjat–CSMT

20:38

22:41

Purple tag = Converted from slow to fast service

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