The fares of the air conditioned local trains will go up from June 1. The new hike will cause the base fare for a single journey to be 1.3 times more than the base fare of a single journey ticket first class ticket. The trains have been running on an introductory discount fare ever since the service started on December 25, 2017.

This means that the single fare ticket between Churchgate and Borivli, which was R165 will now tentatively be Rs 180, while a Churchgate to Virar ticket which cost Rs 205 will now tentatively be Rs 220. The monthly pass for Churchgate to Borivli, which was Rs 1,640, will now tentatively be Rs 1,775 and while the one for Churchgate to Virar, which was Rs 2,040, will now be Rs 2,205.