It all began with the rail roko at Badlapur in August 2016, after which CR commuters were inspired to use the same tactic at other stations too. File pic

The railways have become a soft target for people — every time citizens want to voice a complaint, their protest spills onto the rail tracks. Thanks to this, train cancellations have jumped from 11 to 139 in the last 10 months (between April 2016 to January 2017), as compared to the previous year in the same period.