“Two other local trains that still follow the GIPR timetable are the 1.40 pm Karjat local and the 5 pm Ambernath local. There is a unique thing about both these trains. Old timers in the operations department tell us that the 1.40 pm Karjat local has been running since the steam days, when they would attach steam engines on either end of the train. The local train, now electric, still runs at the same time,” CR’s chief public relations officer, Shivaji Sutar said.

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According to Sutar, the 5 pm CSMT-Ambernath local has also been running since the GIPR days. “The train acts as a sort of a pilot train to the iconic Mumbai-Pune Deccan Queen Express as it runs about ten minutes ahead, thus clearing the path,” he said, adding that the semi-fast service is now an AC local, halting at limited stations till Thane. The Indian Railways completes its 170th year on April 16.

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