A man attacked three passengers with a knife on board a Mumbai suburban train in Thane district, after which he was pinned down by others and handed over to the police, an officer said on Thursday.

The incident took place on the 9.47 am Kalyan-Dadar fast train on Wednesday morning amid an argument about alighting at an unscheduled stop, Senior Inspector Kiran Undre of Dombivali Railway Police Station said.