Mumbai students and their parents have appealed to the railways to introduce concessional AC local train passes.

Mathematics professor Vijayendra Singham in letter to Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “Fare concession is available for first and second-class monthly season tickets for regular local trains but not the AC local line of Mumbai. There is not much difference in AC and first-class ticket fares but I can’t understand why there is only a concession for students for non-AC EMUs.”