The glitch was restored at 7:50 am, but services got delayed during the rush hour. Normal services were later restored
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Western Railways services were hit in the rush hours of Wednesday morning following a glitch near Goregaon station. The glitch was in signalling and it occurred at 7:05 am which inconvenienced commuters travelling.
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The glitch was restored at 7:50 am but there was a delay in services for some time. Normalcy was restored and services are as per schedule according to Ravindra Bhaker, CPRO, Western Railway.
Western Railways posted the incident details on their Twitter handle.
Due to technical glitch in signalling at Goregaon at 7.05 am, train movement was affected. It has been restored at 07.50 am. Trains will be delayed for some time due to this. Inconvenienceiis deeply regretted. @drmbct
— Western Railway (@WesternRly) May 22, 2019
Western Railways took to Twitter and wrote, "Due to a technical glitch in signalling at Goregaon at 7.05 am, train movement was affected. It has been restored at 07.50 am. Trains will be delayed for some time due to this. Inconvenience is deeply regretted. #Mumbai."
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Several commuters took to Twitter to express their anger.
Due technical issue train still stuck between Malad and Goregaon for 20 min @RidlrMUM @WesternRly pic.twitter.com/TQXBeMTYyP
— Lester D'souza (@lesterdsouza16) May 22, 2019
@PiyushGoyal @WesternRly Technical signal failure at Goregaon railway station. All trains running late. Massive crowds at Malad station. Inconvenience for all your voters. Kindly look into this matter and resolve it ASAP. #WesternRailway #MumbaiLocal pic.twitter.com/ijjyTnBQis
— Watana Khatana (@WatanaKhatana) May 22, 2019
@drmbct as per railway announcement at Goregaon station just now, no trains to depart from platform no. 4. But still I have seen at least 4 locals depart from the platform. So why lie to passengers?
— Kaillash K Sharma (@kaillashtweets) May 22, 2019
Due to technical fault in Goregaon @WesternRly Route all slow and fast train are running more than 45 minutes let, but allowance at all stations for train let that trains are 10 to 15 minutes let. It’s a false allowances at stations ðÂÂÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂÂÂu00c2u0098¢
— Pankaj Upadhyay (@_Upadhyay) May 22, 2019
Trains are working extremely late between Borivali - Andheri.
— Phalin (@PhalinShah) May 22, 2019
Just look at the rush. ðÂÂu00c2u009f¤¯ #MumbaiLocal pic.twitter.com/k3NHPGqjxq
'City Of Dreams' âÂÂu00c2u0098¹ï¸ÂÂu00c2u008f #MumbaiLocal pic.twitter.com/NpZyeoYIA2
— Phalin (@PhalinShah) May 22, 2019
What 30 mins of delay in local trains can do #MumbaiLocal pic.twitter.com/ueza2EWute
— Suraj Sherigar (@Suraj_Sher) May 22, 2019
More than 14 trains were running behind their schedule. The services are delayed by 20-30 minutes. All the trains are halting at all the stops between Andheri and Borivli be it fast or slow.
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