Both the Central and Western Railways' 70th inception day celebrations were quite a low-key one in view of the current situation and the fact that the decision regarding opening up the Mumbai local trains for the general public awaits a government nod. State government officials said that they were in two minds regarding the same as many countries were facing a second wave of COVID-19 and a decision would be taken only after Diwali.

Speaking on the Formation Day, as Central Railway (CR) refers to it, CR chief public relations officer Shivaji Sutar said, "We mark the platinum jubilee this year. It was on November 5, 1951 that the CR was formed by integrating the Nizam State, Scindia State and Dholpur State Railways, with the pioneering Great Indian Peninsula Railway."