Mumbai: Western Railway services disrupted after overhead wire snaps

News agency PTI cited railway sources saying that a Mumbai-bound long-distance train was also held up at Nallasopara.

Western Railway’s local train services were disrupted on Tuesday morning after an overhead wire snapped at the Nalla Sopara station, officials said. Restoration work in underway, an official of the government railway police said.

The Railway Board has been currently running 500 special trains for essential workers along with state and government employees amid the prevailing Covid-19 situation. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT file photo)

Suburban services on the Churchgate-bound fast corridor stopped after the overhead wire, from which power is drawn to run the train, snapped around 6.30am at Nallasopara station in neighbouring Palghar district, he added. News agency PTI cited railway sources saying that a Mumbai-bound long-distance train was also held up at Nallasopara.

Earlier, Western Railway said that it would introduce six new local train services out of which two will be for females and will operate during peak hours adding that 506 trains will operate on a daily basis between Churchgate and Virar stations.

The Railway Board has been currently running 500 special trains for essential workers along with state and government employees amid the prevailing Covid-19 situation.

(With PTI inputs)