Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday was in Mumbai to attend a non-railway event and visit Ganapati mandals in the Mumbai north east constituency. During his visit, he inspected the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus station and boarded the 2.34 pm Ambernath slow local, traveling to Bhandup station, accompanied by local MLA. mid-day joined the minister on the train. Here are excerpts from the Q&A:

What have been your observations in Mumbai today about local train travel?
I interacted with passengers at CSMT and onboard the local train, hearing their grievances. I also took an update on the work on CSMT station redevelopment and then travelled to Bhandup.