Western Railway suspends train services after water reaches danger mark; several trains cancelled

Train services on Western Railway were severely affected on Thursday after the water level reached the danger mark at a bridge between Gholvad and Umbergaon Road forcing the suspension of train movement on the sectionAccording to Western Railway several longdistance suburban and passenger trains have been cancelled shortterminated diverted or rescheduled due to waterlogging in the UmargamGholvad section Train Update Western Railway Due to water level reaching the danger mark at the bridge between Gholvad GVD amp Umbergaon Road UBR train movement has been suspended The following train services are affected Fully Cancelled JCO 23072026bull 22953hellipmdash DRM Mumbai Central WR drmbct July 23 2026Several trains cancelledAmong the major trains cancelled for July 23 are22953 Mumbai CentralndashAhmedabad Express22975 Bandra TerminusndashRamnagar Express20901 Mumbai CentralndashGandhinagar Capital Vande Bharat Express12009 Mumbai CentralndashAhmedabad Shatabdi Express69139 BorivalindashValsad MEMU09055 Bandra TerminusndashUdhna Special59045 Mumbai CentralndashVapi Passenger12935 Bandra TerminusndashSurat Intercity Express59039 VirarndashValsad Passenger69172 BharuchndashSurat2293022929 VadodarandashDahanu RoadndashVadodara fully cancelledShortterminated and shortoriginated servicesSeveral trains have also been shortterminated due to the disruption12922 SuratndashMumbai Central Flying Ranee has been shortterminated at Udhna with services cancelled between Udhna and Mumbai Central59024 ValsadndashMumbai Central Passenger has been shortterminated at Pardi with services cancelled between Pardi and Mumbai Central19002 SuratndashVirar has been shortterminated at Valsad with services cancelled between Valsad and VirarSuburban services have also been curtailed93005 ChurchgatendashDahanu Road has been shortterminated at Vangaon with services cancelled between Vangaon and Dahanu Road93010 Dahanu RoadndashBorivali will originate from Vangaon with services cancelled between Dahanu Road and VangaonTrain diverted others rescheduledThe 09323 KhadkindashIndore Express has been diverted via Lonavala Karjat Panvel Kalyan Igatpuri Jalgaon Paldhi and SuratWestern Railway has also rescheduled two trains12922 SuratndashMumbai Central will now depart at 6 am instead of 510 am12935 Bandra TerminusndashSurat Intercity Express will depart at 735 am instead of 635 amHeavy rain disrupts train services between Dahanu and ValsadMeanwhile heavy rainfall and rising water levels disrupted train services on Western Railways DahanuValsad section on Thursday morning prompting authorities to suspend operations at multiple locations as a precautionary measureAccording to Western Railways latest update issued at 835 am train movement was affected after water levels at several railway bridges reached the danger markTraffic restored at Umargam RoadGholvad bridgeTrain services on Bridge No 203 between Umargam Road and Gholvad which were suspended at 443 am after water levels touched the danger mark resumed at 650 amHowever trains are currently operating with a speed restriction of 15 kmphServices remain suspended at two locationsTrain movement on both the UP and DOWN lines continues to remain suspended atBridge No 230 Sanjan Yard where operations were halted from 645 am after water levels reached the danger markBridge No 284 between Udvada and Vapi where both Up and Down line services were suspended from around 705 am due to rising water levelsWestern Railway has advised passengers to check the latest train status before starting their journey and cooperate with railway staff