Snags disrupt rail services

Railway commuters were inconvenienced on Friday morning as services were delayed by failures on both lines of the Central Railway.

Written by Express News Service
June 9, 2012 03:27 AM IST

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Railway commuters were inconvenienced on Friday morning as services were delayed by failures on both lines of the Central Railway. At 7 am,motormen detected a rail fracture on the Kalyan-Shahad line. This delayed at least two trains from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus bound for Asangaon along with two mail trains the CST-Howrah-Geetanjali Express and the Mumbai-Nanded-Tapovan Express. The mail trains were regulated at Kalyan for an hour. All suburban services on the Central line were restored after 8 am, said CR PRO A K Singh. Not less than five trains were delayed on the Harbour line for at least half-an-hour when smoke was detected on a CST- bound Belapur train at Reay Road.