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Tuesday's nightmare continued well into Wednesday morning for Mumbaikars, as trains on the Western Railway ran way behind schedule. However, railway officials claimed that services have been restored after the derailment.
The Western Railway claimed that services have been resumed on all tracks on Wednesday. However, tweets and posts by harried commuters give us a completely different picture. Are you caught in the Mumbai mayhem? Post your images here
A day after seven coaches of a local train derailed between Andheri and Vile Parle stations in Mumbai, suburban local services on all the four up and down lines on the Western Railway route resumed. However, trains were still running a bit late and a caution order has been sounded for motormen, said a senior WR official.
A blank train indicator awaited hassled commuters at Borivali railway station on Wednesday morning. Photograph: @shreyshtyle/Twitter
Some commuters tweeted on Tuesday morning that they waited at two hours, but there was no train in sight. Photograph: @m_darak/Twitter
Fearing disrupted train services, many office-goers decided to take the road. On, the Western Express Highway, which connects the north suburbs to central and south Mumbai, traffic moved at a snail's pace. Photograph: @M_Mercernary/Twitter
Over 100 officers and 500 workers were tasked to restore the line as the earliest, said, the official adding that services would run a bit delayed, as motormen would take extra caution on affected tracks since the crossovers have also got damaged, which would be repaired by Wednesday night. Kumar also said that division would recommend a reward for motorman G Vishwanath Nair, who averted a tragedy by applying the brakes on the nick of time when his train was coming from the opposite direction. Photograph: @WesternRly/Twitter
On Tuesday, seven coaches of a Churchgate-bound fast local train came off the tracks on Western Railway line leading to a blockage of three lines between Andheri and Vile Parle causing a great deal of inconvenience to thousands of commuters as services came to a grinding halt for hours. The mishap led to disruption of traffic on the busy route linking Churchgate in South Mumbai to Virar in adjoining Palghar district. To minimise hardships caused to the harried train commuters, WR had coordinated with civic bus undertaking BEST, which ran 165 extra services till late last evening. Photograph: @WesternRly/Twitter