The Central Railway, for the first time in its history, has decided to cancel, divert and short-terminate over 15 trains for a couple of weeks starting today. This will restrict railway commuting between Mumbai and Pune and has thus led to a severe backlash from passengers and commuter organisations.

Passengers said the co-ordination between commuter associations and the railway division head office had collapsed due to such "irrational" decisions, the earlier being the removal of the Karjat halt of Intercity Express to speed it up.