Mumbai-Surat train derailment disrupts operations, restoration underway

The derailed goods train. Pic/Anand Patil

Several trains were cancelled, partial cancelled and short terminated after a goods train derailment on the Mumbai-Surat section in Palghar, the officials said.

According to the Western Railway, the UP line of Mumbai - Surat section has been affected due to derailment of 6 wagons and one VBG of a goods trains at point no 117/118 at Palghar yard at around 17.08 hours on Tuesday.

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The Western Railway shared the details of the trains affected due to the derailment.

Cancellation of trains

09083 Virar - Dahanu Road MEMU of 28/05 (Ex Virar Dep 22:50 Hrs)

09084 Dahanu Road -Borivali MEMU of 29/05 (Ex Dahanu Road 04:55 Hrs)

09085 Borivali - Valsad MEMU of 29/05 (Ex Borivali Dep 07:20 Hrs)

09090 Sanjan - Virar MEMU OF 28/05 (Ex Sanjan Dep 21.10 Hrs.)

Partial Cancellation

09159 Bandra Terminus - Vapi Passenger of 29/05 will be partially cancelled between Bandra Terminus - Umbergam Road stations and will run between Umbergam Road and Vapi stations.

09055 Bandra Terminus - Udhna Special of 29/05 will be partially cancelled between Bandra Terminus and Bhilad and will run between Bhilad and Udhna stations.

12935 Bandra Terminus - Surat Intercity Exp of 29/05 will be partially cancelled between Bandra Terminus - Vapi stations and will run between Vapi and Surat stations.

19417 Borivali - Ahmedabad Exp of 29/05 will be partially cancelled between Borivali & Valsad and will run between Valsad and Ahmedabad stations.

19101 Virar - Bharuch Express of 29/05 will partially cancelled between Virar and Udhna stations and will run between Udhna and Bharuch stations.

Short termination of trains

09160 Valsad -Bandra terminus Exp at Umbargam Road

09186 Kanpur - Mumbai Central Exp (of 27/05) at Sachin

09056 Udhna - Bandra Terminus Exp at Bhilad

12936 Surat - Bandra Terminus Exp at Vapi

19426 Nandurbar - -Borivali Exp at Valdad

19102 Surat -Virar Exp at Bilimora

09180 Surat - Virar Exp at Udhna

19016 Porbandar - Dadar Saurashtra Exp of 27/05 at Boisar

Diversion of trains

16505 Gandhidham - SBC Exp, 12432 Nizamuddin - Trivendram Rajdhani Exp & 19260 Bhavnagar - Kochuveli Exp has been diverted via Suarat - Udhna - Jalgaon - Kalyan.

An official statement from the Western Railway said that 20902 Gandhinagar Capital - Mumbai Central Vande Bharat Exp started (on single line working) between Boisar -Palghar - Kelve Road Stations. Boisar dep 20.58 hrs.