The railway board on Wednesday in-principle approved the proposal of Western Railway Mumbai to run partial Air-Conditioned trains in a combination of nine plus three. This means that the nine coaches of the local train will be a normal train and three coaches at one end will be Air-Conditioned. The approval will now require further sanctions and plans.

Sources said after a review meeting with Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday, Mumbai divisional railway manger met railway board officials on Wednesday where the approval was given.