A fire in pantograph and overhead wires at Khar led to a delay in services on Western Railway from 19:50 to 20:20 hours. The fault has been attended by the rail personnel and services are back to normal
The Western Railway officials have tweeted about the incident.
According to an official report, a piece of cloth that fell from the foot-overbridge led to the fire on Down fast line on the Bandra-Khar road section. The situation was brought under control and services resumed at 20:21 hours.
Here are some of the tweets
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Alert- Small fire overhead wires as Churchgate- Borivli on fast train halts at Khar. <a href="https://twitter.com/WesternRly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WesternRly</a> Video by commuter Priyesh Manjrekar <a href="https://twitter.com/mid_day?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mid_day</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RidlrMUM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RidlrMUM</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LocalPressCo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LocalPressCo</a> <a href="https://t.co/zqjITttbsg">pic.twitter.com/zqjITttbsg</a>
&mdash; Rajendra B. Aklekar (@rajtoday) <a href="https://twitter.com/rajtoday/status/1063084803317264384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Due to technical fault between Bandra and Santacruz all down through line local train is running late by 20 to 25 minute. Inconvenience caused to passenger is highly regretted.
&mdash; DRM WR MumbaiCentral (@drmbct) <a href="https://twitter.com/drmbct/status/1063090293778464768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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(With Inputs from&nbsp;Rajendra B. Aklekar)
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