Rail commuters on Central Railway (CR) have started a petition and signature campaign inside trains to get more AC services. This comes in the wake of a rollback in AC services due to protests from non-AC commuters, which were supported by a handful of politicians. In August, CR withdrew 10 AC services. In August, CR withdrew 10 air-conditioned services and handed over its AC trains to Western Railway (WR), a move some CR commuters termed unfair.

“Please consider our sincere request to convert the 8.14 am Dombivli-CSMT regular local into an AC train or at least introduce an additional AC train starting from Dombivli at the earliest. There is a 27-minute gap between 7.47 am and 8.14 am, a slot which could be used to introduce a semi-fast. This will be a great help to all commuters,” said Dombivli resident NY Joshi, who started the petition.