The Latest Breaking News from Western Railway

Local train derails in Mumbai, no casualty; suburban train operations hit

“A coach of an empty local train derailed at Mumbai Central station on October 4, disrupting the suburban train operations,” a Western Railway official said. There was no report of injury to anyone,” the official said.

The Hindu · Oct 4, 2023

Railways extends period of train service

South Western Railway extends services of Train Nos 07153/07154 Narasapur-Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru-Narasapur Weekly Express Special with existing timings & stoppages. Train Nos 14806/14805 Barmer-Yesvantpur-Barmer Weekly AC Express augmented with one AC three-tier coach from Oct 5-26 & Oct 9-30 respectively.

The Hindu · Oct 3, 2023

Mumbai-Ahmedabad train traffic hit as Narmada river crosses danger mark in Gujarat; passengers stranded

Train traffic on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route has been halted for nearly 11 hours as the Narmada river is flowing above the danger mark between Bharuch and Ankleshwar stations

The Hindu · Sep 18, 2023

Tickets valued over Rs 26 lakh seized in 46 cases of illegal touting in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: The Western Railway in a special drives and raids against touts, luring innocent passengers and charging exorbitant illegal commissions has resulted in the seizure of 46 cases of illegal touting of 1088 E-tickets as well as journey-cum-reservation tickets worth Rs. 26.70 lakhs in the month of April.

The Times of India · Apr 20, 2023

Western Railway hands over medical equipments worth Rs 10 lakh in 2 hours after it was lost in train

MUMBAI: Western Railway’s Kandivali station master helped hand over medical equipments meant for supply to hospital to the rightful owner, after the delivery boy left the parcel that contained these items worth Rs 10 lakh in Borivli local, on December 7.

The Times of India · Dec 10, 2022

No Functional Part Damaged In Vande Bharat Express Accident

No functional part of the newly-launched Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express train was damaged after it met with an accident when a herd of buffaloes came on the railway line, said officials on Friday. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Oct 7, 2022

Nose cone of Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat train replaced

The damaged nose cone of the Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express train was replaced at the Coach Care Centre in Mumbai Central a day after it was damaged

The Hindu · Oct 7, 2022

Over 96% of seats booked on Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat train’s maiden commercial run: Western Railways

The Vande Bharat train was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Gandhinagar on Friday morning

The Hindu · Oct 1, 2022

Launch of Delisle bridge's second girder to be completed by Sunday

MUMBAI: Western Railway will conclude the launching of the second girder for the Delisle road over bridge across the tracks at Lower Parel station by Sunday. The construction of the bridge, which was shut for traffic in 2018, has missed four deadlines since it was first announced that this connector…

The Times of India · Sep 17, 2022

Fire-fighting system at Mumbai railway Hospital

MUMBAI: Western Railway has commissioned the fire protection system at Jagjivan Ram Hospital, Mumbai Central. This system was put in place under the initiative of Engineering Department of Western Railway's Mumbai Division, said WR chief spokesperson Sumit Thakur.

The Times of India · Sep 13, 2022