NASHIK: Train services in the Mumbai-Bhusawal section of the Central Railway resumed from early Friday morning as restoration work of the rail tracks at the ghat section in Igatpuri and Kasara was completed.
Yuvaraj Patil, the senior divisional commissioner of the Bhusawal division, said the train services have resumed after two days of cancellation and short termination due to flooding in Mumbai.
“The train services have resumed today and all diversions of the trains now remain cancelled. The trains will pick up their schedules gradually,” said Patil.
The train services were badly affected due to the flooding on the railway tracks in Mumbai and due to the washout in the sections of tracks and the landslides at several areas in the Igatpuri – Kasara section of Mumbai division.
So, the trains were cancelled from the point of origin towards and from Mumbai and those in the transit were terminated at Bhusawal, Manmad, Nashik and Igatpuri.
“The services began during the midnight, but the trains started from Mumbai in the early hours of the day. They crossed Nashik at around 8 am. The services were rescheduled and hence their movement was delayed. However, they will gradually pick up their schedules by late evening,” said Rakesh Kuthar, station manager of Nashik Road railway station.
Notably, these are special trains and only those with confirmed tickets are allowed to board the train. Hence, there is no rush at the stations.
The regular rail commuters of Nashik heaved a sigh of relief on the resumption of the train services and appreciated the work done by the Railways.
Naresh Poddar, travelling to Rourkela in Odisha, was happy to see his train Geetanjali Express coming just behind schedule. “I initially thought it would be cancelled but to my surprise, in the morning I learnt the train is running. The work done by the Railways during the heavy rain is commendable,” Poddar added.
