
MUMBAI, SEPT 18: A shortage of 15 rakes, damaged in Thursday8217;s downpour, delayed Central Railway8217;s suburban services by over 15 minutes on Friday. The rakes were being attended to in carsheds, which affected services.
Repair work which went on a war footing all night succeeded in repairing the down line of the Kalyan-Igatpuri track section, over 200 metres of which had been washed away on Thursday. The track which was washed away in torrential rains on Thursday morning was repaired at around 2.45 am Friday morning.
Since this single track was being to run long distance trains, services ran behind schedule. The Up line on the track at Kalyan and Ambernath was cleared by around 6 pm this evening.
The 2859 CSTM-Howrah Gitanjali Express was rescheduled to leave at 12.30 midnight, the 5647 Dadar-Guwahati was scheduled for 11.30 pm, the 2133 Pushpak Express left two hours late at 10.10 am, the 5217 Pawan Express was rescheduled to leave for 8.20 pm, the 1015 Kushinagar Express that was to leave on Thursdayleft at 9 pm on Friday, while the Friday8217;s 1015 Kushinagar Express left at 12.30 midnight.
The Gitanjali, Kushinagar and Amritsar Express trains were diverted into the city via the Manmad-Daund Pune route.
Western Railway locals ran without any hitch, however, two of its long distance trains were rescheduled. The 2951 Mumbai Central-Delhi Rajdhani departed at 6.25 pm instead of the usual 4.55 pm, the 2961 Dn Mumbai-Indore Avantika Express was rescheduled to depart an hour late at 8.55 pm.