New Delhi, Jan. 19 -- Ahead of the upcoming general elections, the Centre on Saturday offered a bagful of bonanza for the eight million Mumbai daily suburban railway commuters.

They included green signal to the much-discussed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhanai Express, MEMU services on Diva-Panvel-Roha section and Extended Pune-Karjat-Pune Passenger train.

It would be the first Rajdhani Express service from the Unesco World Heritage CSMT to the national capital, though Rajdhani Express and August Kranti Rajdhani Express ply from the Western Railway route to New Delhi.

According to an officials, the maiden run ofthe new Rajdhani Express -- which was fully booked -- departed from CSMT for Hazrat Nizamuddin pil...