Mumbai: Overnight heavy rains disrupt train services on Central & Harbour lines; passengers protest

Local train services on Central and Harbour lines were on Tuesday severely affected due to overnight heavy rains and water-logging.

"Due to heavy rains water logging at  Mankhurd, Vidyavihar, Thane, Vikroli Bhandup CR main & harbour line train services affected," said a Central Railway official.

Trains are running at least an hour behind schedule. The services are expected to return to normalcy by afternoon.

Meanwhile, passengers protested at Diva station over the delay and there are unconfirmed reports of stone pelting on express trains.

#Diva #errupts again #Commuters on #tracks as #technical snag & #waterlogging hits @Central_Railway @sureshpprabhu pic.twitter.com/qSVl9cAyJY

— Vidya Kumar (@journovidya) June 21, 2016

Thousands of commuters were left stranded during the peak hour, while many passengers were seen walking on the tracks.

Meanwhile, the Central Railway has advised BEST for arranging extra buses.

Twitterati have also posted pictures of water-logging and a crowd of people waiting for trains.

#CentralRailway Trains are late by 20-25 mins
Underwater train tracks btvn Masjid & Sandhurst road on CR @RidlrMUM pic.twitter.com/Nh9EbRMSWN

— Swapnil Ghangale (@swapnilcsgmt) June 21, 2016

Heavy crowd on @Central_Railway stns @RidlrMUM @GM_CRly @smart_mumbaikar @sureshpprabhu pic.twitter.com/5k5YggOuQn

— Suraj S. Ojha (@surajojhaa) June 21, 2016

#CentralRailway completely stopped working ... Dombivali station at 8 am @smart_mumbaikar #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/3iW4emMnGr

— Manali Kulkarni (@BeingManaliK) June 21, 2016