The air-conditioned trains will, undoubtedly, offer a pleasant commute but that should have been the state of affairs anyway. Secondly, the air-conditioned train services were long overdue. The air-conditioned services have, so far, replaced the existing ordinary train services. How the Western Railway handles the scheduling will make a big difference to how acceptable the air-conditioned services eventually become. Moreover, air-conditioned services on the Dahisar-Virar section – and by extension on the Virar-Churchgate line – have yet to be started.

Source: Hindustan Times December 27, 2017 18:22 UTC