Students appearing for the Common Entrance Test (CET) exam and Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) exams have been permitted to travel by Mumbai local trains on showing a valid hall ticket issued by the relevant authorities.

Western Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Sumit Thakur said, “Candidates who are appearing for the CET up to October 10 and candidates appearing for MPSC exam scheduled on September 25 [today] will be issued with suburban train tickets for the day of their exams.” Central Railway chief public relations officer Shivaji Sutar said the same applied to local trains on Central Railway, too.