Western Railway begins probes into major power outage that halted train services between Churchgate and Grant Road

The power cut happened at 10:20 am and was restored in phases by 11 am. Representational Pic/File

The Western Railway has launched an investigation into a major power outage, due to which all trains on the line between Churchgate and Grant Road, including all stations in between, were significantly affected due to a power interruption in south Mumbai for half an hour this morning.

"WR is investigating the incident. Several trains stood still as all signals turned red and had to be manually operated. The power cut also affected offices, as there was no power at the Churchgate heritage building, which houses several offices in the WR headquarters building. The power cut happened at 10:20 am and was restored in phases by 11 am. WR has a three-level backup plan, and all three failed this morning, which is quite unprecedented," an official said.

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The BEST said they had no role to play, as all its power supplies remained normal. "BEST has no role to play in the power supply to Western Railway and its network," BEST spokesperson Sudas Sawant said.

Tata Power also said that there had been no abnormality in their supply this morning.

"We would like to clarify and categorically deny any involvement in the power outage reported at Churchgate station this morning. There has been no event of abnormality or feeder tripping in our Mahalaxmi, Carnac, or Backbay networks, which supply power in the region. Our systems have remained fully stable and operational," a statement from Tata Power said.