The fracture was spotted on the down slow line at 7.32 am, prompting authorities to impose a speed restriction and divert services to maintain safety
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Local train services on the Central Railway's main line were briefly disrupted on Tuesday morning after a rail fracture was detected between Vikhroli and Kanjurmarg stations in Mumbai, officials said, reported news agency PTI.
The incident caused suburban trains, considered the lifeline of Mumbai, to run 10 to 20 minutes behind schedule, some commuters said.
The fracture was spotted on the down slow line at 7.32 am, prompting authorities to impose a speed restriction and divert services to maintain safety, the officials said while sharing Mumbai local train updates, reported PTI.
Railway personnel attended to the issue immediately and declared the line safe for train movement with a 30 kmph speed restriction at 7.58 am, Central Railway's chief public relations officer, Swapnil Nila, said while sharing Mumbai local train updates, reported PTI.
Till that time, the slow local trains were diverted to the fast line from Matunga station, he said.
The Central Railway's main line connects south Mumbai with the eastern suburbs and interior parts of neighbouring Thane and Raigad districts.
More than 35 lakh commuters travel on the Central Railway's suburban network every day.
Central Railway collects Rs 141.27 crore in fines from 23.7 lakh ticketless passengers
Meanwhile, Central Railway has collected fines worth Rs 141.27 crore in 23.76 lakh cases of unauthorised and ticketless travel between April and October in the ongoing financial year (2025-26).
In a press release issued, the Central Railway said that this marks an 8 per cent rise in the number of offenders compared to the 22.09 lakh cases reported during the same period last year. The total fine amount collected has also increased by about 14 per cent from Rs 124.36 crore in 2024-25.
In October alone, ticket-checking teams apprehended 3.71 lakh passengers travelling without valid tickets, compared to the 3 lakh cases in October 2024, thereby recording a rise of nearly 24 per cent. Fines recovered during the month nearly doubled, with Rs 24.81 crore collected as against Rs 12.74 crore last year, which is an increase of around 95 per cent.
Central Railway said it has adopted a multi-pronged strategy to check unauthorised travel, including station checks, ambush and fortress operations, and large-scale ticket inspection drives. These efforts are being conducted across mail/express, passenger, special, and suburban trains in the Mumbai and Pune divisions.
(With inputs from PTI)
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