Technical Snag At Dadar Leaves Millions Of Mumbai Commuters Stranded

Mumbai: Millions of peak-hour commuters were stranded after a technical snag at Dadar station today. A major power failure hit the Western Railway's suburban services following a theft of a battery box in Mumbai this morning, an official said.

The railways announced at various stations that all train services on the fast and slow corridors in both directions had been stopped due to a technical snag at Dadar.

Giving a stock of the situation, the Western Railway tweeted:
 

Revised message pls It is found tat problm hs occurred due to theft of battery Box at Mahin Elec Sub St. Efforts on for early restoration.

— Western Railway (@WesternRly) June 20, 2016

The theft resulted in the snapping of power supply between Andheri and Churchgate, affecting the entire Western Railway lifeline which is used by over four million commuters daily.

However, services delayed by over 30 minutes were operated on the Andheri-Virar section. BEST deployed extra buses to clear commuters rush in different directions. The Western Railways informed about the restoration on twitter, saying the Overhead Equipment or OHE was fixed. 
 

UPDATE - OHE problem has been rectified, OHE charged, Supply restored & traffic likely to start in 10 minutes.

— Western Railway (@WesternRly) June 20, 2016

 

UPDATE - Traffic on Down slow started at 12.18 hrs . All four lines resumed at Dadar at 12.23 hrs.

— Western Railway (@WesternRly) June 20, 2016