The derailment that hit the suburban local train service, the metropolis's lifeline, not only caused massive inconvenience to passengers on Tuesday but also threw the famed Dabbawalas' operations out of gear.

Widely lauded for their slick system for reaching meals to thousands of office-goers, the dabbawalas on Wednesday failed to deliver tiffins as they could not collect them back from offices due to the stoppage of the suburban local train service on Western Railway (WR)'s network.