Mumbai local train update: Boulder falls on railway tracks near Aatgaon, trains services between Kasara-Mumbai affected

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Trains services between Kasara and Mumbai was partially affected on Wednesday night after a boulder fell on the tracks near Aatgaon station in Thane district, about 100 km from Mumbai, officials said, reported news agency PTI.

While talking about Mumbai local train update, a Central Railway spokesperson said the bounder fell on the UP line (Mumbai-bound) between Aatgaon and Asangaon stations around 9.40 pm, reported PTI.

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"Kalyan-Kasara section DOWN (Kasara-bound) line is working normally," he said while sharing update on Mumbai local train update, adding that the traffic towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (Mumbai) on the UP line has been suspended and the work for removal of debris is in process, reported PTI.

The incident affected the movement of trains on upline services towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. The list included 22224 SAINAGAR SHIRDI-CSMT Vande Bharat Express, 11072 BALLIA-LTT Kamayani Express, 12108 SITAPUR-LTT Express etc.

Train movement on downline however remained unaffected.

An X (formerly Twitter) user complained that air-conditioning in the Vande Bharat Express had been switched off.

"Any ETA when it will be cleared? The AC is switched off in the affected Vande Bharat train for 2 hours," the X user @thelocalindia wrote.

Meanwhile, facing flak over packed general compartments, the Central Railway has decided to augment 84 mail/express trains with four general coaches each to clear an extra rush of passengers.

Central Railway daily operates around 180 long-distance trains from various cities to different locations across the country, an official said on Wednesday.

The revised composition of these 84 trains will include 4 general class coaches and one general class, luggage cum guard's brake van each, a CR release stated.

The list of 84 trains includes prominent mail-express trains like Konark Express, Vidarbha Express, Amritsar Express, Chennai Express, Saket Express, and Kochuveli Superfast Express.

On August 5, Local train services were affected on a section of the Central Railway route in Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday afternoon due to a technical issue, officials said. The disruption led to crowding at Thakurli railway station, police said.

The Central Railway in a post on X said, "Due to a technical issue between Thakurli and Kalyan down through line is affected from 14.28 pm. Our technical team is working on it to resume service. The inconvenience caused is regretted."

(With inputs from PTI)