At least ten trains connecting Ahmedabad and Mumbai were cancelled on Monday following derailment of a goods train near Dahanu in Maharashtra.
Sources in the Western Railways said most of the morning trains between various stations of Mumbai and Gujarat were cancelled because of the derailment.
These trains include 12009 Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express, 12935 Bandra-Surat Intercity Express, 19011 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Gujarat Express, 19215 Mumbai-Porbander Saurashtra Express, 9021 Bandra-Jammu Tawi Express, 19023 Mumbai-Ferozepur Janata Express, 12471, Bandra-Vaishnodevi Swaraj Express, 59045 Mumbai-Vapi Passenger, 59009 Virar-Bharuch Passenger. 12921 Mumbai-Surat Flying Ranee did not start at all.
Meanwhile sources informed that another six trains were delayed from the city in Ratlam division following soil erosion near a railway bridge. These trains delayed ranging from 20 minutes to 10 hours in Ratlam division in Madhya Pradesh because of soil erosion at Sant Road near the Panam river bridge on Gujarat side.
According to a senior railway official in Ahmedabad train number 12484 Amritsar-Kochuveli Express was running late by 10 hours. Other late trains include 22902 Udaipur- Bandra (Mumbai) Express by over six hours, 19576 Nathdwara-Okha Express by five hours and 50 minutes, 19024 Ferozpur-Mumbai Central by 23 minutes and 12478 Vishnodevi Katara-Jamnagar by two hours and 30 minutes.