India, Jan. 14 -- Harbour Line commuters, who have been travelling without air-conditioned (AC) local trains for over three and a half years, are set to get some relief as the Central Railway (CR) will reintroduce AC services on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT)-Panvel corridor from January 26.

CR will replace 14 non-AC services with AC locals on the 60-km Harbour Line stretch, operating seven services each in the Up and Down directions. According to an internal CR notification issued on January 12, the competent authority has approved the proposal and the revised services will come into effect from January 26.

"We will be operating seven services each on the Up and Down lines. Of the total, there are two AC train services...