Rain Badly Hits Rail Services

Suburban services on all the four lines—Western, Central, Harbour and Transharbour—was badly affected after the heavy rain forced the railway authorities to temporarily suspend a few train services and cancel the express trains.

The movement of local trains slowed down due to waterlogging on the tracks at various locations, besides technical problems.

Rail traffic on both the lines was stalled due to heavy water accumulation on railway tracks in the areas of Mankhurd, Govandi, Tilaknagar, Kurla, Chunabhatti, Shiv, Matunga, Ghatkopar, Kurla and Vikroli.

Due to the heavy showers, there were multiple point failures at Virar, affecting suburban rail services on the Western Railway (WR). Trains were running 15 minutes late between Vasai Road and Churchgate, with a very few services being run between Virar and Vasai Road. On the Central Railway’s, main line and Harbour Line, services were over 20 minutes late as water entered the tracks at various spots.