First non-AC automatic door-closing Mumbai local arrives at Kurla car shed

First Non-AC Automatic Door-Closing Mumbai Local is Here →

This is meant to be a stop-gap idea till the city gets its long-awaited, well-deserved AC Locals, but even then, this is a terribly executed idea.

Anyone who has travelled in a Mumbai local train knows how extremely hot and humid it gets inside, and the doors are a major source of fresh air. Shutting them off completely, with glass panes at that, will make things uncomfortably worse.

Moreover, the window design is terrible — the glass pane sits in the middle, exactly where the seats are aligned. Whoever finalized this design most likely sits in an AC cabin up-north and has never travelled in a Mumbai local train.