Goods Train Derails Between Mumbai And Pune, Services Affected
Mumbai: Due to heavy rain good train derailed between Karjat and Lonavala in Maharashtra on Monday.
It has already effected Mumbai-Pune intercity and long distance services, a railway official said.
Fifteen wagons of the train derailed around 4.15 am at the Jambrung-Thakurwadi section, he said.
He said that intercity trains from Mumbai to Pune were cancelled and some long-distance trains were diverted via Igatpuri.
Railway has requested the State Government and various agencies to run additional buses for Intercity passengers between Mumbai and Pune, Chief Public Relations Officer, Central Railway, Sunil Sadasi said.
Due to the derailment, 10 intercity trains like Indrayani Express, Deccan Express, Intercity Express, Pragati Express, Deccan Queen Express and Koyna Express were cancelled.
The Bhusaval-Pune Express was short terminated at Nashik.
Udasi said that long-distance trains like Mumbai-Bengaluru Udayan Express, Ahmedabad-Kolhapur Express, Ahmedabad-Pune Duronto Express and Indore-Pune Express were diverted through Kalyan-Igatpuri-Manmad.
The official said that Santaragachi-Pune Hamasafar Express, Huzur Sahib Nanded-Pune Express, Kolhapur-Mumbai Koyna Express were one of the trains which were terminated.
(With PTI Inputs)
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