Train services on Kalyan-Kasara section near city stopped after point-failure

Train services between Kalyan and Kasara sections in Maharashtras Thane district which is adjacent to Mumbai came to a halt on Wednesday afternoon The stoppage was caused by a track changing point failure at Kalyan station due to heavy rains in the area according to a senior railway officialIn response to the situation the Central Railway diverted certain mail and express trains via the DivaPanvelKarjat route and the DaundManmad route Additionally a few trains between Mumbai and Pune were either shortterminated or cancelledThe heavy downpour in Mumbai and its neighboring Thane district contributed to the disruption of train services on the KalyanKasara section The point failure incident occurred at approximately 240 pm as reported by Dr Shivraj Manspure the chief public relations officer of the Central Railway according to the PTIPrior to this point failure suburban services between Kalyan and Khopoli in Raigad district had already been affected due to submerged tracks between Ambarnath and Badlapur stations in Thane starting from 11 amAs a result of these issues train operations on the KalyanKasara section were completely haltedEarlier in the day a railway official reported that the BadlapurAmbarnath section UP DOWN had to be closed for traffic at 1105 am due to waterloggingFurthermore train services on the PanvelBelapur Harbour Line route were impacted by a point failure at Panvel at 940 am but they were successfully restored by 10 amThe Central Railway manages local train services on its Main Line running from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus CSMT in south Mumbai to Kasara in Thane and Khopoli in Raigad district Additionally it operates suburban services on the Harbour Line covering the stretch from CSMT to Panvel Raigad and GoregaonToday on 19072023 due to waterlogging after heavy rains all downbound and upbound local train services from CSMT Railway Terminus are being diverted to Dombivli Railway Station till further notice an official saidTrains stopped at Chiplun as Vashishthi river breaches danger markOn Wednesday afternoon train services operated by Konkan Railway in Chiplun Ratnagiri district Maharashtra were suspended due to the Vashishthi river surpassing the danger mark as a result of continuous rainfallThe PTI reported L K Verma the chief public relations officer of Konkan Railway stated that water levels had risen above the danger mark on the Vashishthi railway bridge leading to the precautionary suspension of train servicesSpecifically the KochuveliIndore Express was brought to a halt at Chiplun station but fortunately no train was stranded on the Vashishthi railway bridge at the time of the suspensionCancellations of trains on 190723UP trains112128 PuneCSMT Intercity exp211008 PuneCSMT Deccan exp322106 PuneCSMT Indrayani expDOWN trains112123 CSMTPune exp211009 CSMTPune Sinhagad expMail express cancellationsOn 200723 due to nonavailability of pairing rakeUP trains112124 PuneCSMT exp211010 CSMTPune Sinhagad expDOWN trains112127 CSMTPune Intercity exp211007 CSMTPune Deccan exp322105 CSMTPune Indrayani exp423 pm 19072023 Poonam Midday C Short Termination of trains190723UP Trains111030 KolhapurCSMT exp will be short terminated at PuneDOWN Trains111139 CSMTGADAG Exp will originate from PuneShort Termination of trains190723UP Trains111030 KolhapurCSMT exp will be short terminated at PuneDOWN Trains111139 CSMTGADAG Exp will originate from Punewith PTI inputs