Heavy rains in Mumbai: Train services suspended on a section of the suburban network | News from India

New Delhi: Local train services between Kasara and Titwala railway stations in Thane district of Maharashtra, near Mumbai, were suspended on Sunday morning following heavy rains and a fallen tree in the area, officials said.

At around 6.30 am, heavy rain caused soil to fall on the tracks between Atgaon and Thansit stations and a fallen tree blocked the tracks near Vashind station, disrupting rail traffic on the busy Kalyan-Kasara route, it said.

“Train services between Kasara and Titwala have been temporarily suspended,” a Central Railway (CR) spokesperson said, PTI reported.

The route was declared unsafe at around 6:30 a.m., the official said.

Another CR spokesman said an overhead line mast had fallen and a train’s pantograph had become entangled near Vashind.

Restoration work is underway and efforts are being made to clear the tracks as soon as possible, they added.

Local transport is crucial for Mumbai and its neighbouring areas of Thane, Palghar and Raigad. More than 3 million commuters use the CR’s local transport network every day.