Mumbai rains: City's lifeline local trains most affected in the incessant rains and long distance trains rescheduled

Western Railways has now begun service from Churchgate to Andheri, however the locals are moving at a very slow pace and will halt at all stations. Central Line and Harbour Line services remain inoperative. 

Long distance trains have been rescheduled whereas trains remain suspended between Andheri and Chruchgate.

19:59 IST Friday, 19 June 2015

13:05 IST Friday, 19 June 2015

Update from Western Railways. Several trains to stop before Mumbai and Thane. 

•         12934 Ahmedabad - Mumbai Central Karnavati Express will be terminated at Borivali and will be reversed from Borivali as Train No 12933 Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad  Karnavati Express.
•         12932 Ahmedabad - Mumbai Central Double Dekor Express will be terminated at Borivali and will be reversed from Borivali as Train No 12931 Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad  Double Dekor Express.
•         12922 Surat- Mumbai Central Flying Ranee Express will be terminated at Andheri and will be reversed from Andheri as Train No 12921 Mumbai Central - Surat  Flying Ranee Express.
•         59024 Valsad- Mumbai Central Fast Passenger  will be terminated at Andheri and will be reversed from Andheri as Train No 59023 Mumbai Central - Valsad  Fast Passenger  .
•         12960 Bhuj – Dadar  Express will be terminated at Borivali and will be reversed from Borivali as Train No 12959 Dadar - Bhuj Express.
•         59440 Ahmedabad – Mumbai Central Passenger will be terminated at Palghar and will be reversed as Train No 59439 to Ahmedabad. 

12:23 IST Friday, 19 June 2015

Long distance trains from and to Mumbai have canceled until further notice. 

Trains Cancelled on 19.6.2015

• 22105 Mumbai-Pune Indrayani Express
• 12169 Pune-Solapur Intercity Express
• 12170 Solapur-Pune Intercity Express
• 22106 Pune-Mumbai Indrayani Express
• 12051 Dadar-Madgaon Janshatabdi Express
• 17617 Mumbai-Hazur Sahib Nanded Tapovan Express
•  51153 Mumbai-Bhusaval Passenger

Trains Cancelled on 20.6.2015

• 12052 Madgaon-Dadar Janshatabdi Express
• 17618 Hazur Sahib Nanded-Mumbai Tapovan Express
• 51154 Bhusaval-Mumbai Passenger

Passengers are requested to check the departure/arrival of long distance trains on www.enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/ntes or dial 139 or download the App NTES for real time status.
 

Official updates states, Elphinstone Road station and Matunga Road (Dharawi Nallah)stations remain inaccessible  and have water covering the tracks upto 250mm, WR suburban trains continue to be suspended between Churchgate and Andheri.

Trains running between Andheri and Virar are delayed but operational. 

12:10 IST Friday, 19 June 2015

Services on main line and Harbour line have not yet started due to water logging at various places because of continous heavy rain in Mumbai Suburbs. However shuttling services
are running between Thane / Kasara / Karjat and, Vashi and Panvel, said A K Singh, CR PRO, in a statement by the Centrail Railways. 

10:47 IST Friday, 19 June 2015

Versova-Ghatkopar Mumbai Metro & Wadala-Chembur Mumbai Monorail are on time, MMRDA has said

No trains on the Central Railways line are opretational. Incoming trains to Mumbai have been stopped outside the city limit. 

The Central Railways has said in an official statement, 

Central Railway

Press Release

#MumbaiRains – Long Distance Trains Update 1

Due to continuous heavy rains and waterlogging on CST-Kurla section, suburban services are suspended between CST-Kurla on main line and CST-Mankhurd on harbor line. Update on long distance trains is as under

12110 Manmad-Mumbai Panchvati Exp short terminated at Kasara and will run as 12109 Panchvati Exp from Kasara on 19.6.2015

12118 Manmad-LTT Exp short terminated at Nasik Road and will run as 12117 Exp from Nasik Road on 19.6.2015

12126 Pune-Mumbai Pragati Exp short terminated at Panvel and will run as 12125 Pragati Exp from Panvel on 19.6.2015

12124 Pune-Mumbai Deccan Queen short terminated at Lonavala and will run as 12123 Deccan Queen from Lonavala on 19.6.2015

Long distance trains terminating/originating from CST/Dadar are regulated in the section while long distance trains from LTT are delayed.

Passengers are requested to check the departure/arrival of long distance trains on www.enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/ntes or dial 139 or download the App NTES for real time status.

10:17 IST Friday, 19 June 2015

Western Railways issued an update that stated, "Due to water logging at Matunga Road (Dharawi Nallah), WR suburban services have been suspended between Andheri & Churchgate for a while and we are coordinating with BMC to improve the situation at Dharawi Nallah and restore the services."

10:10 IST Friday, 19 June 2015

Trains only running between Andheri and Virar on the Western line. 

This board outside Kandivali station says it all #MumbaiRains @DNA_IamIn pic.twitter.com/UB7pBe70UV

— dna (@dna) June 19, 2015

10:00 IST Friday, 19 June 2015

Sinhgad Express stalled at Karjat station.

9:47 IST Friday, 19 June 2015

Mumbai Monorail remains unaffected, services every 15 minutes: spokesperson.

Six trains stuck between Kasara and Kalyan station. Central and Harbour line services have been stopped. Western line services between Borovali and Bandra is operational however wil major delays.

Commuters waiting for trains at Vasai station #MumbaiRains @DNA_IamIn pic.twitter.com/kpEocu6ipC

— dna (@dna) June 19, 2015

The Central railways in Mumbai has been brought to a standstill owing heavy rains in the city.

Trains are running from Karjat and Kasara trains upto Kalyan. The train service between Kalyan and Thane has been halted.

The announcements at the railways have notified that train services between Thane to CST has been stopped due to water logging from Byculla and Thane.

Due to heavy rains and water logging, suburban railway services between CST-Kurla mainline & harbour line have suspended.

Incessant heavy rains has lead to water logging on the Eastern Express Way. The heavy downpour in Kurla has flooded homes and shops in Pipe road, Bramham vadi, Patel vadi, Vinobhabhave Nagar. The locals were up all night facing these difficulties.

Rainfall Updates:

From 8.00 am to 5.00 am:

City - 157. 90mm
Eastern Suburb - 139.40 mm
Western Suburbs - 152.85 mm

119 pumps are in operation to clear water loggings in the city. There are 53 pumps being used in town, 30 and 36 pumps in use in Eastern and Western suburbs respectively.