<p>Mumbaikars travelling on the western line had to suffer during evening peak hour on Tuesday after electrical supply failure in signal cable box at Virar led to disruption of services.</p>
<p>The signal failure occurred at 18.50 hrs at Virar railway station and saw the Western Railway authorities running local train services till Vasai Road.</p>
<p>WR authorities have said that restoration work was going on in full swing.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Problem on <a href="https://twitter.com/WesternRly">@WesternRly</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Virar?src=hash">#Virar</a>. Situation not to normalise before 9pm <a href="https://twitter.com/Mumbaikhabar9">@Mumbaikhabar9</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/mid_day">@mid_day</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/drmbct">@drmbct</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RidlrMUM">@RidlrMUM</a> <a href="https://t.co/acZRwQu38P">pic.twitter.com/acZRwQu38P</a></p>
&mdash; Shashank (@Shashankrao06) <a href="https://twitter.com/Shashankrao06/status/765564815452540928">August 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>Mumbaikars commuting on the line took to Twitter in droves to complain about the disruption of services. Some even requested Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to help them out.</p>
<p>Many were also seeking updates since they were stranded for some time on the locals.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/WesternRly">@WesternRly</a> we r stuck in 12936 since more than one hour outside virar. Ang update?</p>
&mdash; Nimesh Patel (@Nimeshnvs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nimeshnvs/status/765560218952540160">August 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">@priyankkothari8Power failure in signal cable box at Virar - some trains being run upto Nallasopara, regularly upto Vasai Rd.</p>
&mdash; prashant parab (@manas0191) <a href="https://twitter.com/manas0191/status/765562868687265792">August 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stranded between Vasai-Nalasopara, fire at virar pf 1, trains at halt from 1 hr</p>
&mdash; Ashwin (@ashwinpagaria) <a href="https://twitter.com/ashwinpagaria/status/765561647352209408">August 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Electrical supply failed in signal cable box at Virar at 18.50 hrs, services being upto Vasai Road. <a href="https://t.co/6Yo61Kcgwg">pic.twitter.com/6Yo61Kcgwg</a></p>
&mdash; Satish Vijaykumar (@bombaylives) <a href="https://twitter.com/bombaylives/status/765561001601298432">August 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Short circuit at Virar station,details yet 2b rcvd,trains upto vasai <a href="https://twitter.com/sakal_cityspeak">@sakal_cityspeak</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RidlrMUM">@RidlrMUM</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LocalPressCo">@LocalPressCo</a> <a href="https://t.co/CGIpuGmxc2">pic.twitter.com/CGIpuGmxc2</a></p>
&mdash; &agrave;&curren;u00c2u0086&agrave;&curren;&reg;&agrave;&curren;u00c2u009a&agrave;&yen;u00c2u0080 &agrave;&curren;&iexcl;&agrave;&yen;u00c2u008b&agrave;&curren;u00c2u0082&agrave;&curren;&not;&agrave;&curren;&iquest;&agrave;&curren;&micro;&agrave;&curren;&sup2;&agrave;&yen;u00c2u0080 (@aamchidombivli) <a href="https://twitter.com/aamchidombivli/status/765560707932786693">August 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/RidlrMUM">@RidlrMUM</a> virar locals disrupted at Bhayander station by the ladies in protest of ladies local being cancelled. <a href="https://t.co/5HrpSfog97">pic.twitter.com/5HrpSfog97</a></p>
&mdash; Kapil Sharma (@ImKapil_Sharma) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImKapil_Sharma/status/765560677314494465">August 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/sureshpprabhu">@sureshpprabhu</a> sir pls help!! Its urgnt!! My sis is stk in a train outside virar station frm last 2 hrs with no help!! Her pnr is 8404958688</p>
&mdash; Abhishek Sood (@prof_sood) <a href="https://twitter.com/prof_sood/status/765560646456971264">August 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Locals running till Vasai as signal problem at Virar. Trains are late 15-20 mins. <a href="https://t.co/cE3J6pPUiT">pic.twitter.com/cE3J6pPUiT</a></p>
&mdash; Mobitip Info (@MobitipInfo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MobitipInfo/status/765560538877263872">August 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/wc_railway">@wc_railway</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WesternRly">@WesternRly</a> technical issue at virar stuck between virar-nalasopara from 50 min <a href="https://t.co/uzXTzF5UEV">pic.twitter.com/uzXTzF5UEV</a></p>
&mdash; Nishant Kothari (@Nishu_Kothari) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nishu_Kothari/status/765560306441392132">August 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Virar station short circuit and stop the train ...Mumbai life line .. <a href="https://t.co/7M4JPG3Lxz">pic.twitter.com/7M4JPG3Lxz</a></p>
&mdash; Himanshu Aglave (@him82) <a href="https://twitter.com/him82/status/765557636507066368">August 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/RailMinIndia">@RailMinIndia</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Gmwrly">@Gmwrly</a> pl update on Virar. No announcement on rly stn. Passengers need update from borivli to Virar.</p>
&mdash; Indian First (@1KaDuM) <a href="https://twitter.com/1KaDuM/status/765566155243212800">August 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">RIGHT NOW: All regular Virar DN locals scheduled for Vasai from C'Gate <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MumbaiLocal?src=hash">#MumbaiLocal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RidlrMUM">@RidlrMUM</a></p>
&mdash; Sanu (@Sanu_george) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sanu_george/status/765565589758812160">August 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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It was another terrible Tuesday for thousands of commuters on Western Railway, as services were disrupted due to power failure at Virar station. Here's how Twitter reacted

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