Proposals, assurances aplenty as min meets activists, local politicos
Thane: Union railway minister, Suresh Prabhu, on his visit to Thane station on Friday said he was aware of the commuting hardships faced by Mumbaikars and discussed a list of workable solutions to be...
View ArticleCommuter chaos in Mumbai: Train stalls, delays others, sparks arson & more...
Mumbai, Jan 2 (PTI): Suburban Thane witnessed commuter rage on Friday as irate rail passengers set fire to vehicles, pelted stones at police and blocked roads after train services on the busy Central...
View Article50 services cancelled after wire snag hits Central Railway
MUMBAI: Nearly 50 suburban Central Railway (CR) services were cancelled after overhead equipment wire broke near Thane station on Friday. Several trains were delayed by more than an hour due to the...
View Article50 services cancelled after wire snag hits CR
MUMBAI: Nearly 50 suburban Central Railway (CR) services were cancelled after overhead equipment wire broke near Thane station on Friday. Several trains were delayed by more than an hour due to the...
View ArticleSmoke in motor coach delays train services between Thane and Dombivli
MUMBAI: Smoke was detected in the motor coach of a Dombivli-CST slow local around 5.55 am at Kopar station early on Monday. This...
View ArticlePoor train services may spark protests in Kalwa, Mumbra too
Thane: The inadequate services on the slow corridor between Kalyan and Thane stations are causing lot of hardships for commuters of Kalwa and Mumbra. Activists fear that if railways don't take action...
View ArticleFire in Mumbai's suburban train disrupts peak hour services
MUMBAI: Suburban commuters had a miraculous escape after fire erupted in the motor coach of a CST-bound fast train at Dadar station on Thursday evening. There was absolute panic at the station as...
View ArticleCR trains run late due to signal failure, water-logged tracks
Mumbai: Suburban railway services on the Main and Harbour lines were hit due to water-logging and signal failure. As many as 14 services, including four on Harbour, were cancelled. Commuters complained...
View ArticleCommuter rage, arson after suburban train services disrupted
Suburban Thane witnessed commuter rage today as irate rail passengers indulged in arson, pelted stones at police and staged a 'rasta roko' after train services on Central Railway route were disrupted...
View ArticleMRVC officials in Delhi to get Mumbai's railway network its due
In a forceful bid to get the Rs 11,000-crore phase 3 of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) into the railway budget, top officials of the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) were in Delhi...
View ArticleSnag hits CR services, 1 falls off crowded train, dies
MUMBAI: A snag in the power supply grid paralyzed Central Railway services in Thane's suburbs on Tuesday. Twenty-five services were cancelled, causing overcrowding in trains that led to one person...
View ArticleSnags in trains disrupt services on Central Railway
MUMBAI: Central Railway services were disrupted on the Main and Harbour lines due to mechanical faults in rakes on...
View ArticleSnags in trains disrupt services on CR
MUMBAI: Central Railway services were disrupted on the Main and Harbour lines due to mechanical faults in rakes on...
View ArticleRail snag leaves Thane commuters in a fix
THANE: Office-goers were an inconvenienced lot on Thursday morning owing to a snag in two suburban rakes at Thane that disrupted peak hour railway traffic for over three hours. Several Thane train...
View ArticleTechnical snag delays trains in Thane suburbs
THANE: A technical snag in the overhead power supply system early Tuesday morning paralysed Central Railway train services in Thane suburbs. Lakhs of office goers from suburbs were inconvenienced....
View ArticleSnag on train near Mumbra disrupts Central Railway services for two hours
MUMBAI: Thousands of commuters travelling from Mumbai and Thane towards Kalyan were stranded in trains for nearly two hours on...
View ArticleSuburban train services disrupted due to technical snag
MUMBAI: Peak hour CR suburban train services from Thane to Mumbai was affected after a technical snag was reported in a CST-bound rake. The rake was held up on the tracks for few minutes...
View Article13 trains cancelled - Goods train snag hits Trans-H'bour services
THANE: As many as 13 services on the Trans-Harbour route were cancelled while several other trains were running behind schedule because of a fault in the engine of a freight train on Tuesday afternoon....
View ArticleCentral Railway services hit due to technical fault in Thane bound train
MUMBAI: Services on the Central Railway was badly hit due to a technical fault in a Thane-bound train at Chinchpokli station around 9.30pm. Office goers...
View ArticleTechnical snag affects CR train services at Thane
THANE: Eight train services on Central Railway were cancelled on the Thane-CST route on Monday as the pantograph unit of...
View Article‘Thane-Diva stretch claims 1 life daily’
THANE: An average of one life was lost while other left maimed daily due to mishaps on the railway tracks between Thane-Diva in 2015. The alarming figures expose failure of the railway administration...
View ArticleTrain snags due to sudden rains
THANE: The sudden showers that rained in Thane and suburbs caused inconvenience to railway commuters....
View ArticleRains throw CR services off track
Thane: The unseasonal rains that lashed the suburbs on Friday morning caused two back to back snags between Thane and Diva disrupting...
View ArticleTechnical snags disrupt CR services on Harbour, Trans-Harbour
MUMBAI: Commuters on the Harbour and Trans-Harbour routes were inconvenienced on Thursday afternoon as services were disrupted following two technical snags. Around 1.30pm, a freight train from Kalyan...
View ArticleShowers throw traffic, CR trains out of gear
MUMBAI: Unseasonal rain threw vehicular traffic out of gear in the city on Friday, while twin snags on the Central Railway network held up peak-hour services. Around 9am, slow moving traffic was...
View ArticleWaterlogging hits Mumbai suburban train services
A day after Mumbai received its first good rainfall, suburban services of Central Railway were crippled due to waterlogging and technical snags that badly hit the movement of commuters. On Monday, the...
View ArticleLandslide, floods, snag derail Central Railway services
THANE: Railway services on the slow corridor between Diva and Thane were disrupted for nearly four hours on Sunday morning following three back-to-back incidents of landslide, waterlogging and a...
View ArticleWaterlogging, snags delay suburban trains, commuters hit hard
A day after Mumbai received its first good rainfall, suburban services of Central Railway were crippled due to waterlogging and technical snags that badly hit the movement of commuters and...
View ArticleIt’s raining woes for Mumbai train commuters, 223 services hit
Heavy showers drowned the Railways’ claims of being rain-ready, with as many as 223 services cancelled and many others delayed on the Central Railway (CR) on Tuesday. Following heavy showers through...
View Article2906 WAPP - rail disruptions
Thane: Central Railway commuters faced a harrowing time on Wednesday evening thanks to the back to back three snags reported at the Thane section. Services on the Thane-Vashi-Panvel Trans-harbour...
View ArticleMumbai: Waterlogging, snags delay suburban trains, commuters hit hard
Commuters wait for a local train at Lower Parel station after alighting from train due to power failure in Mumbai on Monday. (Source: PTI) A day after Mumbai received its first good rainfall, suburban...
View Article100 Western Railway services cancelled after coach derails
The coach derailed while an empty rake of 19 compartments was being taken from Lower Parel workshop to Lower Parel Yard at 2.10 am on Monday. Western Railway commuters had a tough time during peak...
View ArticleHeavy rain throws train commuters off track
Train commuters continued to face the monsoon onslaught on Monday, with a derailment on the Central Railway’s (CR) Main Line, a technical glitch stalling the Monorail for hours, and signal issues on...
View ArticleTrans-Harbour services hit due to technical snags
Thane: A technical snag on the Trans-Harbour route on Wednesday evening left several commuters stranded between Thane and Airoli for over two hours. A snag in the feeder lines resulted in power supply...
View ArticleSnag on Thane Kalyan section
THANE: The overhead equipment of a CST-bound slow local developed a snag between Diva and Mumbra disrupting the services on the slow tracks for over an hour Saturday afternoon. The snag resulted...
View ArticleRain hits rail services in Thane
Thane: Train commuters were a harried lot as first major rain showers in the district badly disrupted the rail services due to multiple snags. Trains were running nearly at an interval of 45 minutes....
View ArticleCentral Railway services go off track as outstation train develops tech snag
Thane: Thousands of suburban commuters were inconvenienced on Tuesday morning after services along the Mumbai-bound fast line between Thane and Diva were shut. The services were affected after a...
View ArticleCentral Rly services go off track as outstation train develops tech snag
Thane: Thousands of suburban commuters were inconvenienced on Tuesday morning after services along the Mumbai-bound fast line between Thane and Diva were shut. The services were affected after a...
View ArticleTechnical glitch disrupts Western Railway services
MUMBAI: Suburban services on Western Railway were disrupted during evening peak hours after an overhead...
View ArticleRail traffic halted on Thane-Diva as engine develops snag
Thane: Thousands of peak hour suburban rail commuters suffered inconvenience as the Thane-Diva was shut for traffic due to a snag reported Tuesday morning. The engine of Pune Mumbai Sinhagad express...
View ArticleTrans-H’bour tech snag hits services again
THANE: Suburban services on the Thane-Vashi Trans-Harbour line were running behind schedule during the peak hours on Wednesday evening, second day in a row, after the engine of a...
View ArticleCentral Railway services hit as locomotive develops snag
THANE: Thousands of commuters were inconvenienced on Tuesday morning after a stranded Pune-Mumbai express train shut down...
View ArticleTechnical glitch disrupts WR services
MUMBAI: Suburban services on Western Railway were disrupted during evening peak hours after an overhead...
View ArticleCommuters suffer as 50 trains cancelled
Almost 50 trains were cancelled on the suburban lines Thursday post the technical failure at Vikhroli station. The effects of a technical failure on Wednesday were continued to be felt by commuters...
View ArticleRail fracture at Kalwa disrupts train services
THANE: A rail fracture disrupted down direction suburban services between Thane and Diva for over 30 minutes on...
View ArticleCentral Rly goes off track, trains delayed by 30 mins on Monday
Thane: Many suburban trains were running behind schedule along the Central line after a technical snag developed in one of the trains on Monday. The incident took place during the morning peak hour,...
View ArticleTechnical snag delays trains on harbour line
A technical snag on the harbour line of Central Railway during the evening rush hour on Friday disrupted services for over an hour causing passengers travelling towards the eastern suburbs of the city...
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