Mumbai Local Update: Central Railway Suspends Services Between Ambernath & Karjat As Brake Failure In Goods Train Causes Disruptions At Badlapur Station

Mumbai, July 31: On Wednesday evening, a brake failure in a goods train caused significant disruptions at Badlapur station. The malfunction led the train to pass a signal and halt on the platform, affecting the south-east line traffic. As a result, several local trains between Badlapur and Karjat were cancelled at Ambernath and replaced by special trains.

An official of Central Railway (CR) stated, “Due to unavoidable reasons, southeast line traffic has been affected. All down local trains towards Badlapur, Karjat, and Khopoli will operate up to Ambernath and then return as special local trains.”

The incident occurred around 4:30 PM, when the goods train, failing to stop at the Badlapur home signal, ended up on the home platform the station which is mostly used for suburban trains. Due to this problem passengers experienced delays and cancellations as a result of this disruption. Confirming the development a spokesperson of CR said, traffic on UP line restored, process of restoration of traffic on down line is on.

“The following Trains are diverted via DIVA-PNVL-LNL-PUNE 1) Train no. 12123(CSMT-PUNE )JCO 31.07.2024 SCH DEP 17:10 hrs 2)Train no. 11009(CSMT-PUNE )JCO 31.07.2024 SCH DEP 17:50 hrs,” posted DRM Mumbai CR.

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