Passengers in the premier 22229 CSMT-Madgaon Vande Bharat train on Monday morning were surprised to arrive at Kalyan, a station not on its set route. The train deviated from its regular route and reached Kalyan instead of Panvel due to a snag and had to be reversed, further delaying it by 1.5 hours.

“There was a Signalling and Telecommunications department failure at Diva at point 103 (down local fast line to 5th line) since 6.10 am and the train was detained from 6.10 am to 6.45 am. In a spot decision to avoid further delay, the train was taken to Kalyan and reversed all the way. The priority was to gain every lost minute,” a CR spokesperson said.