CR has been facing issues of the coupler

Ms Kaneni who was on her way from Ambernath found herself stuck between Vithalwadi and Kalyan for more than three hours. “I think my train was the fourth or fifth train that was stalled as a result of the problem.02 am on Sunday morning, shutting down the fast lines towards CST for two hours.

The fast line was finally cleared at 10. “Since it took time for the trains to reach CST and then come back to Kalyan, Karjat and Kasara so our overall punctuality was affected,” said another railway official on the condition of anonymity. I had caught the 7:59 am from Ambernath and it did not move ahead after Ulhas Nagar.

The Central Railway (CR) saw around 35 services cancelled and 75 delayed when the fifth and sixth coach of a CST bound train from Kasara decoupled on the fast line between Diva and Parsik tunnel at 8. “Even though we run only 600 services on Sunday we anticipated that the two-hour block was going to hurt us quite a bit, so we decided to cancel the mega block.Many commuters like Dhara Kaneni (26) were the victims of the decoupling of both the coaches.08 am and as a result of the incident, the mega-block, that was scheduled from 11:15 am to 3:23 pm on slow lines from and to CST as well as the fast line towards CST, was cancelled to make up for the loss in services. One of the close calls was when the coupler of train broke between Dombivali and Kalyan, in February of the 2014.

The CR has been facing issues of the coupler that keeps two coaches attached to each other, giving away for the past two to three years.45 am,” she China rubber accelerator Manufacturers said.Commuters were stranded at Thane station after the coupling connecting coaches in a CST-bound train broke down near Parsik tunnel. I realised something might be the issue and thought that maybe the wall near Diva’s tunnel had a problem again but the train finally started moving at 10. That way at least we could make up for the delay the commuters faced due to the decoupling,” said a railway official on the condition of anonymity. end-of. The then commissioner of railway safety (CRS) had launched an inquiry on the material used to make the couplers.Even though the services on the line were resumed by 10:08 am, many trains were delayed as the slow trains and the fast trains since the incident were diverted on to the slow line instead