The long cherished dream of amchi Mumbaikars for an 'air-conditioned local train' finally became a reality on 25th December 2017, when the country's first & only air-conditioned suburban train started its maiden run from Borivali and headed to its destination at Churchgate.
ICF has now made a new breed of indigenous air-conditioned EMU (AC EMU) train set, another little sister of Train-18. This AC EMU train has 12 cars fully air-conditioned including driving cabs. The features of Train-18 viz. underslung mounted equipment, 50% powering (alternative coaches are motorized), new generation T-18 bogies and wider sealed gangways. Passengers can move from end to end of train through the seamless gangways.