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Signal glitch near Mumbai hits Central Railway's local services: Official

Local train services on the Central Railway's main line were disrupted on Tuesday morning due to a technical snag in the signalling system near Mumbai, officials said. Suburban trains, considered as the lifeline of Mumbai, were running late by at least 15-20 minutes due to the problem that occurred on the south-bound slow track between Diva and Mumbra railway stations in neighbouring Thane district at 4.55 am, they said. Central Railway's (CR) Chief Public Relations Officer Swapnil Nila said the signal was set right at around 6 am, more than one hour after the snag developed. Owing to the disruption, crowds swelled on the CR's suburban trains and stations on the main line. As a result, passengers faced hardships, a commuter activist said. The main line of the CR stretches from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in south Mumbai to Kasara in Thane, and to Khopoli and Karjat in Raigad district. The Central Railway daily operates nearly 1,800 local services on its suburban railway

Mumbai: Technical snag delays local trains on Western Rail's fast corridor

The local services in the Western Railway's fast corridor in Mumbai were delayed for a brief period on Friday morning due to the failure of a track-changing point, an official said. There was a "point failure" (track-changing point) at Goregaon on Up and Down fast lines at 6.20 am. The problem was resolved at around 7.23 am, a spokesperson of the Western Railway said. The trains running on the fast corridor were delayed during the morning rush hour because of the technical snag, he said. "Due to this technical problem, all up and down fast suburban locals are running late by 15 to 20 minutes. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted," the Western Railway's divisional railway manager of Mumbai division tweeted. The suburban local trains, which are termed as Mumbai's lifeline, ferry around 35 lakh commuters every day.

Rail fracture on Mumbai's Harbour Line; local train services hit on 2nd day

Local train services on the Harbour Line in Mumbai were disrupted on Wednesday due to a rail fracture near Govandi station, a Central railway official said

Local train services hit on Mumbai's harbour line due to power issue

Local train services on the harbour line in Mumbai were disrupted on Tuesday morning due to power issues

Covid-19: Western Railways gears up to resume Mumbai local train services

As the Maharashtra government has decided to resume train services for all passengers, the Western Railways is gearing up to start local services in Mumbai from February 1 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Speaking to ANI, Western Railway's Chief Public Relations Officer Sumit Thakur said: "We have formed teams and sanitisation of cabins and seating areas is being done. We will be increasing entry and exit points, ticket booking counters with time. Our staff including Railway Police Force officials will be available to regulate the crowd."He appealed to all the Mumbai local train passengers to adhere to COVID-19 norms and protocols in order to combat the virus and ensure smooth operations of trains.The operations of Mumbai local train services were shut for normal passengers for almost ten months since the beginning of the lockdown.

Local train services hit in Navi Mumbai after wire snags pantograph

The movement of trains on the Thane-Vashi Trans-Harbour suburban railway line was disrupted after a local's pantograph got entangled with the overhead wire at a Navi Mumbai station

Mumbai: Power outage affects local train services, commuters hit hard

Power outage in Mumbai on Monday brought the local trains, considered as the city's lifeline, to a standstill for nearly two-and-a-half hours, causing hardships to commuters, railway officials said

Devise way to allow citizens to use local trains: Bombay HC to Maharashtra

Bombay High Court said the Maharashtra government needed to come up with a way to allow common people to use public transport system in Mumbai as people are losing jobs

To avoid overcrowding Railways to run 6 more local trains, 2 ladies special

At present 500 special suburban services are being operated by Western Railway for essential services staff

Bengal writes to Railways, says metro, local train services can be resumed

The government also requested the board to put in place the required logistics for smooth operations of the services

The wrong track

Privately-run trains need clear signals

Coronavirus scare: 67% citizens won't take metro trains even they restarted

At least 67 per cent Indian citizens are certain that they would not take the metro or local trains in the next 30 days even if they were restarted, shows a survey by LocalCircles

Don't cross railway tracks in Mumbai, Yamraj may take you away. Literally!

Western Railway in Mumbai is running an awareness campaign warning people against crossing railway tracks

Mumbai local trains incurred loss of over Rs 3,000 cr in 3 yrs

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said the reason is highly subsidised fare structure

Missed call service launched for local train updates

Even commuters would not need to have internet connection and the service is totally free of cost