Mumbai: Train services affected due to continuous, heavy rains

Continuous rainfall in Mumbai and its adjoining areas has led to water logging in several parts of the city. The weather condition has severely affected road, rail and air traffic.

Mumbai: Following incessant and heavy downpour in the state, trains services have been severely affected in the state on Wednesday.

The slow trains plying under the Suburban train services of the Western Railway are not running due to waterlogging near Matunga Road station.

Earlier in the day, track failure occurred at Virar station due to which train services were hampered from Virar on the Western railway line.

Official Twitter Account of Central Railway on Wednesday read "Due to continuous and heavy rains train services stopped between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT)-Thane on mainline. CSMT-Vadala/Andheri/Goregaon; Vadala-Vashi on harbour line; Belapur-Kharkopar on 4th corridor"

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The fast trains are plying normal services between Churchgate and Vasai railway stations. A team of the Western Railway is assessing the water level for the resumption of services on the slow line.

According to the IMD, Mumbai most likely to get continuous rains and showers with the possibility of extremely heavy falls at isolated places in city and suburbs for the next 48 hours.

The weather forecasting agency has predicted that the maximum and minimum temperature is most likely to remain around 25-degree Celcius and 23-degree Celsius respectively.