Western Railway (WR) has decided to restore services of its five unreserved trains to various destinations in the Mumbai Division, which will come as a huge relief to short-distance travellers.
After a 20-month long break, the services would be resumed. Following a nationwide lockdown, these services ceased operations in March 2020. The resumption of these trains will benefit thousands of commuters from Mumbai to the Vapi, Surat, and Valsad sectors.
“We have decided to resume train 09159 Bandra – Vapi Unreserved Special (daily) from December 27,” said a senior WR official. The train will leave Bandra at 9.15 a.m. every day and arrive in Vapi at 1.25 p.m. the same day. It will stop at the following stations: Andheri, Borivali, Bhayander, Vasai Road, Virar, Saphale, Kelve Road, Palghar, Boisar, Vangaon, Dahanu Road, Gholvad, Bordi Road, Umargam, Sanjan, Bhilad, and Karambeli.
Services of Vapi – Virar Shuttle Unreserved Special (daily), Virar – Surat Unreserved Express (daily), Virar – Valsad Shuttle Unreserved Special (daily) and Valsad – Bandra Terminus Unreserved Special (daily) are also being resumed.
Train 09144 Vapi – Virar Shuttle Unreserved Special will leave Vapi at 2 pm daily from December 27 and reach Virar at 4.20 pm on the same day till further orders. The train will halt at Karambeli, Bhilad, Sanjan, Umargam, Gholvad, Dahanu Road, Vangaon, Boisar, Palghar, Kelve Road, Saphale and Vaitarna.
Similarly, train 19001 Virar – Surat Unreserved Express will leave Virar at 5.05 pm daily from December 27 and reach Surat at 11.20 pm on the same day.
Train 19002 Surat – Virar Unreserved Express will leave Surat at 04.15 am daily and reach Virar at 09.55 am on the same day.