Mumbai: 36 lakh people using local trains daily since Feb 1

Some 36 lakh commuters are using Mumbai's suburban train network every day after its services were thrown open to general public with restricted timings on February 1 amid coronavirus outbreak, officials said on Tuesday.

daily suburban train ridership comprises 19.30 lakh people on Central Railway and 16.50 lakh on Western Railway, y informed.

Since February 1, CR has fined 2,060 passengers a cumulative sum of 1.21 lakh for t wearing masks while figure of those penalised on WR was 2,558 and amount was Rs 3.21 lakh, official said.

"We just assisted BMC in taking action against those traveling without masks," said CR CPRO Shivaji Sutar.

Train services for general public with restricted timings started on February 1 after a gap of 320 days, having been stopped in March 22 last year as nation went into lockdown to contain COVID-19 pandemic.

From June, 15, it was thrown open for frontline and essential staff engd in fight against outbreak.