Margao-Mumbai trains cancelled
MARGAO, JULY 25
The heavy rainfall that pounded the Konkan region over the past 24 hours, forced the Konkan Railway Corporation on Sunday to cancel train services on the Margao-Mumbai route following the sinking of railway tracks at the Ratnagiri section.
The Mumbai-bound Konkan Kanya train departing from Margao on Sunday evening was cancelled, while the KRC authorities have cancelled other trains on the Goa-Mumbai route till further notice.
KRC Sr Public Relations Officer, Baban Ghatge, who headed to Ratnagiri along with KRC Regional Manager, told Herald that all train services between Goa and Mumbai have been cancelled with immediate effect.
He said the Mandovi Express departing Margao on Monday morning has been cancelled. He said the KRC is taking stock of the situation at Ratnagiri, adding that the train services will be resumed only after the situation improves in Maharashtra.
Ghatge said that other long distance trains moving on the Konkan Railway route have been rescheduled or diverted in view of the situation.
Meanwhile, the KRC has arranged transshipment of railway passengers stranded at the Ratnagiri Railway Station. Ghatge said that passengers stranded at Ratnagiri will be transshipped by the Jodhpur Express.
Meanwhile, south-bound passengers stranded at the Margao Railway Station last night reached Mangalore by the Mangala Express, informed Ghatge.
Over three hundred passengers heading towards Mangalore and Kerala were stranded late last night following disruption in railway services at Ratnagiri.
Konkan Railways has been badly hit with many trains cancelled on several other routes after the ground under the tracks caved in near the Nivsar station in Maharashtra. Many long distance trains have been cancelled too.
hours at Nivasar station. The train is stranded at the site of the landslip since Saturday. Trapped passengers had to be transported by Konkan Railway in buses. Passengers complained that they were not informed of what has happening.
Rain stops KRC in its tracks
MARGAO, JULY 25 The heavy rainfall that pounded the Konkan region over the past 24 hours, forced the Konkan Railway Corporation on Sunday to cancel train services on the Margao-Mumbai route following the sinking of railway tracks at the Ratnagiri section.
