At a time when plans for a bullet train are afoot and passengers are demanding better trains with superior facilities, an air-conditioned double-decker train, procured recently for nearly Rs 25 crore, has been languishing on a siding near Mulund station. Meant to operate on the Mumbai-Goa route, the train has become a playground for miscreants.

The bright yellow coaches have blue plastic foil all over them as well as tape on the windows. Pics/Shrikant Khuperkar