It was another terrible Tuesday for thousands of commuters on Western Railway, as services were disrupted due to power failure at Virar station. Here's how Twitter reacted
Mumbaikars travelling on the western line had to suffer during evening peak hour on Tuesday after electrical supply failure in signal cable box at Virar led to disruption of services.
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The signal failure occurred at 18.50 hrs at Virar railway station and saw the Western Railway authorities running local train services till Vasai Road.
WR authorities have said that restoration work was going on in full swing.
Problem on @WesternRly at #Virar. Situation not to normalise before 9pm @Mumbaikhabar9 @mid_day @drmbct @RidlrMUM pic.twitter.com/acZRwQu38P
— Shashank (@Shashankrao06) August 16, 2016
Mumbaikars commuting on the line took to Twitter in droves to complain about the disruption of services. Some even requested Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to help them out.
Many were also seeking updates since they were stranded for some time on the locals.
@WesternRly we r stuck in 12936 since more than one hour outside virar. Ang update?
— Nimesh Patel (@Nimeshnvs) August 16, 2016
@priyankkothari8Power failure in signal cable box at Virar - some trains being run upto Nallasopara, regularly upto Vasai Rd.
— prashant parab (@manas0191) August 16, 2016
Stranded between Vasai-Nalasopara, fire at virar pf 1, trains at halt from 1 hr
— Ashwin (@ashwinpagaria) August 16, 2016
Electrical supply failed in signal cable box at Virar at 18.50 hrs, services being upto Vasai Road. pic.twitter.com/6Yo61Kcgwg
— Satish Vijaykumar (@bombaylives) August 16, 2016
Short circuit at Virar station,details yet 2b rcvd,trains upto vasai @sakal_cityspeak @RidlrMUM @LocalPressCo pic.twitter.com/CGIpuGmxc2
— à¤u00c2u0086मà¤u00c2u009aà¥u00c2u0080 डà¥u00c2u008bà¤u00c2u0082बिवलà¥u00c2u0080 (@aamchidombivli) August 16, 2016
@RidlrMUM virar locals disrupted at Bhayander station by the ladies in protest of ladies local being cancelled. pic.twitter.com/5HrpSfog97
— Kapil Sharma (@ImKapil_Sharma) August 16, 2016
@sureshpprabhu sir pls help!! Its urgnt!! My sis is stk in a train outside virar station frm last 2 hrs with no help!! Her pnr is 8404958688
— Abhishek Sood (@prof_sood) August 16, 2016
Locals running till Vasai as signal problem at Virar. Trains are late 15-20 mins. pic.twitter.com/cE3J6pPUiT
— Mobitip Info (@MobitipInfo) August 16, 2016
@wc_railway @WesternRly technical issue at virar stuck between virar-nalasopara from 50 min pic.twitter.com/uzXTzF5UEV
— Nishant Kothari (@Nishu_Kothari) August 16, 2016
Virar station short circuit and stop the train ...Mumbai life line .. pic.twitter.com/7M4JPG3Lxz
— Himanshu Aglave (@him82) August 16, 2016
@RailMinIndia @Gmwrly pl update on Virar. No announcement on rly stn. Passengers need update from borivli to Virar.
— Indian First (@1KaDuM) August 16, 2016
RIGHT NOW: All regular Virar DN locals scheduled for Vasai from C'Gate #MumbaiLocal @RidlrMUM
— Sanu (@Sanu_george) August 16, 2016
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