Services on Mumbai's Churchgate to Virar suburban line expected to get back to normal soon with the striking motormen returning to work.
After holding the city to ransom for a few hours, Western Railway motormen called off their flash strike today.
Earlier, suburban services on the Western Railway line in the metropolis were disrupted during the evening rush hour today after a section of its motormen went on a flash strike demanding better work conditions.
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Thousands of commuters were stranded at various stations due to the sudden stir. The Western Line is the busiest of the three suburban lines in the metropolis and carries on an average of over 3.4 million on its 1,250 services on both directions every day.
Railway sources said the motormen have for long been demanding providing co-motormen to help them in the operations besides addressing several safety-related issues.
The Western line operates between Churchgate in the south of the megapolis to Virar on Mumbai's outskirts.
Western line motormen had gone on a flash strike on August 19 last year also demanding reinstatement of a colleague who was to be discharged from his duties. In 2010, the WR motormen went on strike four times, i.e. in January, February, May and October.u00a0
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