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How odd objects like purses, earphones, delay Mumbai local trains

Since January 2019, the suburban services of CR have been delayed over 600 times with 250 cancellations in 20 such cases.

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A red-brown umbrella that got entangled into the overhead wires near Chunabhatti station stopped harbour line trains for over 20 minutes in July 2019. Picture Courtesy/ Rajendra B. Aklekar

A red-brown umbrella that got entangled into the overhead wires near Chunabhatti station stopped harbour line trains for over 20 minutes in July 2019. Picture Courtesy/ Rajendra B. Aklekar

A day after a pantograph of a train at Vashi railway station caught fire after a purse was flung on it, records show the Central Railway (CR) has been battling with similar incidents since the start of this year. It involved belts, mobile earphone wires, bags, TV dishes, clothes among other things. The pantograph on the roof of a train collects power through contact with an overhead line.

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