Western Railways Press Note Release
Due to continuous heavy rainfall for the last 3 days, the main line passenger train services on Western Railway have become severely affected. The heavy rainfall has caused major breaches on Virar-Surat section. Between Palghar-Boisar both UP & DN line track is hanging. Both the ballast & soil have been washed out. 2 spans of Arch Bridge No 144 of 40' X 30' spans have fallen causing major dislocation of train services.
The incessant rains have severely affected the passenger train services. All major trains have been rescheduled and are to run via diverted route. Some trains have also been cancelled. The position of trains starting from Bombay Central/Bandra Terminus on 28-06-02 upto 2-07-02 is as follows.
All trains including commuter trains between Dahanu Road-Virar are cancelled.
Cancelled Upto 2-07-02
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1. |
117/118 |
Bandra Terminus-Dahanu-Bandra Terminus |
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2. |
2009/2010 |
Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central |
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3. |
245/246 |
Bandra Terminus-Vapi-Bandra Terminus |
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4. |
239/240 |
Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central |
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5. |
2933/2934 |
Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central |
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6. |
2927/2928 |
Mumbai Central-Vadodara-Mumbai Central |
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7. |
9017/9018 |
Bandra Terminus-Jamnagar-Bandra Terminus |
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8. |
241/242 |
Mumbai Central-Viramgaon-Mumbai Central |
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9. |
2953/2954 |
Mumbai Central-Nizamuddin-Mumbai Central |
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10. |
9021/9022 |
Mumbai Central-Surat-Mumbai Central |
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11. |
2961/2962 |
Mumbai Central-Indore-Mumbai Central |
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12. |
9143/9144 |
Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central |
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13. |
2901/2902 |
Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central |
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14. |
123/124 |
Mumbai Central-Valsad-Mumbai Central |
Trains Being Run on Diverted Route upto 2.07-02.
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1. |
2471 |
Via Vasai Road-Jalgaon-Surat-Baroda-Kota-New Delhi-Jammu Tavi |
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2. |
2951 |
Via Vasai Road-Bhusaval-Jhansi-New Delhi |
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3. |
2955 |
Via Vasai Road-Bhusaval-Bhopal-Nagda-Kota-Jaipur |
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4. |
2903 |
Via Vasai Road-Bhopal-Nagda-Kota-New Delhi-Amritsar |
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5. |
2925 |
Via Vasai Road-Jagaon-Surat-Kota-New Delhi-Amritsar |
Trains Rescheduled to run short of destination with effect from 28-6-02
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1. |
9011 |
Vapi-Ahmedabad |
Instead of Mumbai Central to Ahmedabad |
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2. |
9023 |
Valsad-Ferozpur |
Instead of Mumbai Central to Ferozpur |
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3. |
9215 |
Ahmedabad - Porbander |
Instead of Mumbai Central - Porbander |
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4. |
9601 |
Vapi - Gandhidham |
Instead of Bandra Terminus - Gandhidham |
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5. |
4708 |
Surat - Bikaner |
Instead of Bandra Terminus - Bikaner |
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6. |
9005 |
Valsad - Okha |
Instead of Mumbai Central - Okha |
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7. |
9031 |
Valsad - New Bhuj |
Instead of Mumbai Central - New Bhuj |
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8. |
9019 |
Surat - Dehradun |
Instead of Bandra Terminus - Dehradun |
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9. |
5064 |
Baroda - Gorakhpur |
Instead of Bandra Terminus - Gorakhpur |
In order to keep all passengers well informed, Western Railway has made provision of four direct help line with the following numbers: 3017351/3017352/3017353/3061763
Besides this, 24 channels of IVRS and 12 lines on 131 are also made available to the public. Regular announcement regarding train position are also being made. For the convenience of the passengers, refunds are being provided at all PRSs with facility for taking refund upto 3 days.
Train services are likely to be restored to normalcy by the 3rd of July 02.