"Many people travel to Mumbai for Ganesh darshan on Ganeshotsav and are not able to return since they get late at night. Therefore, we have written a request letter to the Railway Minister and the Chief Minister to provide local trains at night," said NCP leader Jitendra Awhad.
The train services on the over 120-year-old heritage railway line that meanders through the hilly terrains of the Himalayan region had been hampered due to landslides, floods and heavy rain for almost two months.
As the national capital gears up for the G20 Summit, Northern Railways has decided to cancel and divert over 200 passenger trains temporarily from September 8-11 here, a notification stated on Saturday.
Train services were disrupted at Kanpur Central railway station after an altercation between police personnel and railway staff on Saturday night, officials informed.
The driver and three passengers sustained light injuries after the Japan Railway train, which was temporarily operating for a fireworks festival, crashed into the pole that was tilting over the tracks, at around 9:45 pm Saturday, police and East Japan Railway (JR) said.
"To undertake the scheduled maintenance work between Rajiv Chowk and Mandi House Metro stations on the Blue Line (Line-3&4 i.e. Dwarka Sec-21 to Noida Electronic City/Vaishali) on 23rd July 2023 (Sunday), train services on the Line will be regulated," the DMRC said in a statement.
Water logging due to heavy rains in Maharashtra disrupted train services in Mumbai and adjoining areas of Kurla station of the Harbour Line Down from Wadala to the Mankhurd section.
Heavy rainfall across the entire North Indian belt and esoecially in states such as Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana not only affected normal life but also threw the travel plans of railway passengers haywire.
West Japan Railway Co. claims that services were stopped starting at about 8:30 am. It took until 1 pm for the section between Hiroshima and Kokura, which is a stop away from Hakata, to start running again.
Due to continuous heavy rainfall and inclement weather conditions in several districts of Himachal Pradesh, train services on the Shimla-Kalka route have been suspended, an official said on Sunday.
A pair of train services will be partially cancelled on Thursday in view of engineering works in the Guntakal Division of South Central Railway, an official statement said.