Mumbai: Technical snag at Borivali affects services on Western Railway; chaos erupts among commuters

Life was thrown off gear for the commuters on Monday morning after Western Railways suburban services took a hit following a technical glitch According to the officials there had been a point failure near the Borivali station rendering services nonoperational from platforms 1 and 2 which had also caused considerable delays in the servicesOfficials from the Western Railway said that an issue of cable cutting was detected at around 2 am at Borivali which had led to signal failure The restoration work was completed at 1205 pm on MondayAn issue of cable cutting was detected at around 200 am at Borivali This led to signal failure due to which suburban trains were not being operated from platform nos 1 amp 2 of Borivali Station Trains were being operated from platforms nos 3 4 5 6 7 amp 8 of Borivali station All points have been restored Train movement from platform no 1 of Borivali station has resumed from 1205 hrs About 40 pairs of scheduled timetabled trains were cancelled An additional 35 locals were put into service for the convenience of passengers said the official from WRPassenger kindly note Due to a technical failure at Borivali station all Slow suburban trains are running late by 15 to 20 minutes The inconvenience caused to passengers is deeply regretted DRM had written in a social media postWRUpdatesDue to some technical issues of cable being cut point no 107108 point no 111112 amp point no 131132 are not operational currently therefore Suburban trains not being operated from platform nos 1 amp 2 of Borivali Station Trains are being operated from platform noshellipmdash Western Railway WesternRly June 3 2024Meanwhile the DRM of Western Railway told the passengers that all suburban slow trains were running latePassenger kindly note Due to a technical failure at Borivali station all Slow suburban trains are running late by 15 to 20 minutes The inconvenience caused to passengers is deeply regretted Gmwrly WesternRlymdash DRM Mumbai Central WR drmbct June 3 2024The commuters were helterskelter due to the delay in services A huge crowd had gathered across the Western Lines suburban stations They were sharing visuals of the same on social mediaOne of the commuters took to X formerly Twitter and shared visuals of the Borivali stationBorivali station Trains are not working due to technical issues Both Churchgate as well as virar trains are affectedPlan your travel accordinglyA huge pedestrian crowd led to traffic around borivali stationMumbai mumbailocal localtrain borivali MumbaiLocals pictwittercomFyM8IstUrBmdash Pujit Mirani 09876Pujit June 3 2024Another commuter said Its very unfortunate that at 6457 there were virtually no announcements on Borivali especially Platform No1 amp 2 from where no trains were operationalTrains are stuck at Kandivali station for more than 45 minsKindly resolve the issue ASAPMumbailocal MumbaiLocalTrain Kandivali Borivali PiyushGoyalRailMinIndia WesternRly RailwaySeva abpmajhatv News18India pictwittercomT4IeX2ZGP4mdash Ablaze Creviumlticirc Ablaze_creviti June 3 2024Horrific visuals of the crowd in Kandivali station due to Cable line issue in Borivali StationPiyushGoyal RailMinIndia WesternRly RailwaySeva WesternRailway MumbaiLocal Kandivali Borivali MumbaiLocalTrain httpstcoiMNvosrzC0 pictwittercomkY4lRMlHRBmdash Ablaze Creviumlticirc Ablaze_creviti June 3 2024Trains are stuck at Kandivali station for more than 45 mins Kindly resolve the issue ASAP another commuter wrote tagging Union Minister Piyush GoyalMumbai Western Railway technical glitch MMRDA runs extra servicesThe Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority which oversees operations of Metro Lines 2A and 7 ran additional services after it saw an unprecedented rush in the morning following the Mumbai Western Railway technical glitch The spokesperson for the metro had said that the services will be run until the local trains run as per their routine