Commuters on Western Railway panicked during the trials of the close-door local train on Tuesday morning, complaining that the doors were not opening in time and the delay led to problems. The trial was taken during the peak hours in a non-air-conditioned local train that has been fitted with the mechanism.

Western Railway has been trying to run an experimental coach with the door closing function. The aim of the entire exercise is to bring down the number of cases of people falling from the local trains.