Mumbai local trains to ramp up security cover

A huge upgrade to the existing security system on Mumbai's suburban train system is in the offing.

- Shashank Rao

The train network ferries 6.5 million to 7 million commuters daily.

Western Railway (WR) is to install 12,446 Video Surveillance System (VSS) CCTVs in 1,615 coaches in Mumbai, the specifications of which have been finalised. Central Railway (CR) too is at the fag end of finalising VSS for its trains. The ladies coaches and railway stations are already covered with a network of CCTVs.

The VSS will cover all the coaches of AC and non-AC local trains apart from the shuttle trains that operate on the 123-km Churchgate-Dahanu suburban corridor. It will also monitor the motormen cab and train managers. Central Railway too is to install VSS inside its local trains running on the CSMT-Karjat/ Kasara/ Panvel corridors. The details are being finalised by the relevant departments.