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title: "In which city the Indian Railways flagged off India's first air-conditioned suburban local train?"  
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# In which city the Indian Railways flagged off India's first air-conditioned suburban local train? 

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## Answers

### Answer by Biswajeet Bhattacharya

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The **Indian railways** flagged off India’s **first** air-conditioned suburban local train in the city of **Mumbai** on **25th December 2017**. The train made its maiden journey from the **Borivali station to Churchgate station** in **South Mumbai**. The train is operated by the **Western Railway (WR)**. The train set for its **maiden** journey at **10:30 AM** on **Monday** 25th December 2017.

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The train was flagged off by **Maharashtra’s Education Minister Vinod Tawde, Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar, Members of Parliament** from **BJP Kirit Somaiya, Gopal Shetty** and **Western Railway General Manager Anil Kumar Gupta**. The train is built at a cost of **54** crores in **Chennai, Tamil Nadu**. The trial runs of the train were conducted on the Western Railway (WR) corridor. After **65** trial runs the services were started for the public. However, initially the train was scheduled to run on the **Central Railway (CR)** corridor but later it was decided to run on the Western Railway (WR).

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Officially the train started its services from **1st January 2018**. The train makes **six** trips daily (**12** services per day) running between **Borivali-Churchgate stations** with stoppages at **Dadar, Bandra, Mumbai Central** and **Andheri stations**. The purpose of launching this train is to bring respite to the passengers (especially for the office going passengers) from the humid weather conditions. The train is equipped with **new security** features such as emergency talk system for passengers. The train also includes the automatic door closure facility. In case of an emergency, the passengers can communicate with the **guard** or the **motorman**. The approximate travel time from Borivali station to Churchgate station is **45** minutes. The fare of the ticket is **1.2** times the first class ticket. Barring Saturday and Sunday the train operates for five days from Monday to Friday. Weekends will be used for the **maintenance** of the train.

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