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Mumbai: After woman loses life, commuters' panel seeks more trains

<span style="color: #222222;">Members of the Central Railway's Zonal Railway Users Consultative Committee (ZRUCC) has expressed concern about overcrowding on local trains today and sought immediate steps to improve the situation. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On Tuesday, a 22-year-old woman passenger from Dombivali died after falling off a crowded local train heading for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in south Mumbai. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In the wake of this incident, ZRUCC members urged the Central Railway to start additional services to and from Dombivali, a suburban town 40 km away from south Mumbai. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The committee members also asked the railway authorities to expedite infrastructure works including additional railway lines between Diva and Thane, east-west connecting overbridges and closing of level crossing gates for improving punctuality of trains.</span><br />''  <br />

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