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Indian Railways has permitted women to travel on Mumbai Local trains from 21 October. “I am happy to announce that Railways will allow women to travel on suburban trains from 21 Oct between 11 am to 3 pm & after 7 pm. We were always ready and with receipt of letter from Maharashtra Govt today, we’ve allowed this travel,” said Railway minister Piyush Goel.
On Tuesday, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government had for the second time requested the Railways to allow women to travel in suburban trains.
Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar had written to both — Central and Western Railways — for initiating local train services for women.
“The State Government had communicated that all the women commuters with a valid ticket may be allowed to board trains during the non-peak hours (11 AM to 3 PM and again 7 PM onwards till end of local services for that day) as per the discussion held between the representatives of all stakeholders including the State Government and the Railways,” the letter read.
