Mumbai Local UPDATE: Train services disrupted on Ambarnath-Karjat section

As per reports, local train services on Mumbai Local were disrupted on Thursday morning (October 27). The services were disrupted on the Ambernath-Karjat section of the Mumbai local train due to a technical problem, said Central Railway. Local train services ate considered as the lifeline of Mumbai and its suburbs.

As per the Central Railway (CR), the problem was later rectified. There was a technical problem in the S-3 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT)-Karjat local between Ambarnath and Badlapur (in Thane district) on the down line, the CR said in a tweet.

The local train services on the Ambarnath-Karjat section were delayed, it said. "Technical problem in S3 local attended by staff and train re-started at 7.50 am," the CR said in another tweet.

The Central Railway ferries nearly 40 lakh commuters everyday. It operates more than 1,800 suburban services on its various routes, including the Main Line (CSMT to Kasara/Khopoli), Harbour Line (CSMT to Goregoan/Panvel), Trans-Harbour Line (Vashi-Thane/Panvel) and Bamandongri-Belapur/Seawood line.

With PTI inputs