The displeasure of morning commuters at Bhayandar station against replacement of their regular local train with that of an AC local was exploited politically during Monday rush hour with the local leaders of the Shiv Sena staging a protest at the station. Activists accompanied by a handful of commuters, gathered at the station manager’s cabin to register their protest against the conversion of the regular 8.24 am Bhayandar-Churchgate local train into AC service. 

The problem has been simmering since the conversion of the train since last week, when a few commuters held a signature campaign against the move.