The Ministry of Railways has not received any formal request from the Maharashtra government to run local trains for everyone, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said at a press conference held at Churchgate on Saturday. This, even as state minister Aaditya Thackeray had hinted to the media on September 29 that the government was actively thinking of resuming local trains by October 15.

Speaking at a press conference on the farmers' bill in Mumbai, he said that though it was not an appropriate forum to give a reply to any issue other than the farmers' bill, given the nature of the event, he clarified to a specific question on local trains stating that no requests of any kind had been received by the railway ministry from the Maharashtra government.