Because of the Mumbai mega block, the Western Railways said a few long-distance trains will be regulated by 15 to 20 minutes, and suburban services will be affected as 100-140 services will be cancelled on an average and around 40 services will be short-terminated.
The video from the accident spot shows that two coaches get separated from the train. Upon getting information about the split of the train, the driver timely stopped the train and flagged the accident which averted a major tragedy.
Not only local trains, but over 40 Express and Mail trains and more than 180 other trains services will be impacted as Western Railways to carry out work to lay the 6th line between Bandra and Goregaon.
The passengers were deboarded and the train was taken to a car shed. The incident took place around 11.02 am at Marine Lines after the train left from Churchgate station.
Western Railway news: The official said that some long-distance trains and Mumbai suburban trains will be affected by this block. He further added that trains will be regulated, and short-terminated over the course of the 3-hour mega block at the Dahanu Road station.
Platform ticket rate: Indian Railways has decided to hike the price of platform tickets at a select number of stations in Mumbai Central Division to avoid crowding.
Maharashtra govt decided to allow daily tickets for people who are fully vaccinated and permitted them to travel in local trains along with passenger trains.
Currently, Central Railway and Western Railway are operating 1,702 and 1,304 suburban services, respectively, which is 95.70 per cent of the total suburban services in the normal period.
The landslides took place on Friday morning in the ghat (hilly) section of Hubballi division of SWR- between Dudhsagar and Sonaulim, and between Caranzol and Dudhsagar.
Keeping in view the growing number of Covid cases across the country, the Indian Railways has provided 20 coaches to Maharashtra's Nandurbar district.
Western Railways to operate three additional weekly special trains between Bandra Terminus-Barauni Junction and Subedarganj, Surat-Hatia, and Udhna-Chhapra stations.
The Western Railway is currently running its passenger trains as special trains in view of the COVID-19 guidelines, and only passengers having reserved tickets are allowed to travel.
The Western Railway's PRO has appealed to all passengers to follow the Covid-19 protocol when in the station or onboard the trains to combat the virus and ensure smooth operations of trains.
The Western Railways has diverted and short terminated several trains amid the ongoing farmers' agitation in Punjab, against the three recently enacted farm Acts.
A day after Railway Minister Piyush Goyal allowed all women passengers to travel in local trains in Mumbai, the Western Railway on Wednesday added four 'ladies special' trains on its suburban network.
The Western Railway has decided to run additional 194 special services, including 10 AC trains, from October 15 to reduce overcrowding on local trains in Mumbai.
When the Yamraj spots a person in a no-man area, he carries him on his back and lands him in a safer area.
He said 2,631 cases of littering and spitting were detected till September 19.
The Western Railways has informed that the local train service from Lower Parel to Churchgate would be affected for 11 hours due to the shutdown and most long-distance trains would terminate at Dadar instead of Mumbai Central railway station.
The truck driver, who rammed into a manned level crossing between Godhra & Ratlam and hit Trivandrum Rajdhani train at 6:44 am today, has been killed in the incident.
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