India's financial hub has been officially shut down! Yes, you read that right! The reason behind this major move is the heavy rain that has been lashing the city over the last five days. Local trains and airlines took a major hit. In last 24 hours, the severity of showers was such that schools and colleges along with government offices have been asked to remain closed on Tuesday. Even many private companies have allowed their employees to work from home. Notably, time taken for travelling on Monday took nearly 3-5 hours for any passenger trying to reach her or his destination. Apart from the road services, train services too were impacted and the Indian Railways even decided to cancel or terminate a few express trains from Mumbai. 

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Central Railways took to its Twitter account to guide passengers about the affected train services. Here's a list!

According to Central Railways here is the list of trains cancelled or short-terminated:

Trains cancelled: 

  • 11139 Mumbai - Gadag Express 
  • 11140 Gadag - Mumbai express
  • 12110/12109 Manmad - Mumbai-Manmad Panchvati Express
  • 11010/11009 Pune - Mumbai - Pune Deccan Queen
  • 11023 Mumbai - Kolhapur Sahyadari Express

Trains Short Terminated: 

17412 Kolhapur-Mumbai Mahalaxmi Express short terminated at Pune and will run as 17411 Mumbai - Kolhapur Mahalaxmi Express from Pune. While 18519 Visakhapatnam - LTT Express is also being terminated at Pune and will run as 18520 LTT-Visakhapatnam Express from Pune. Further, 11140 Gadag - Mumbai Express is also terminated at Pune.

Many other trains have been short terminated at Pune and will run from this city. These are - 11020 Bhubaneshwar - Mumbai Konark Express which will run as 11019 Mumbai - Bhubaneshwar Konark Express; 16382 Kanyakumari - Mumbai Express which will now run as 16381 Mumbai - Kanyakumari Express; 12702 Hyderabad - Mumbai Express running as 17031 Mumbai - Hyderabad express; 12164 Chennai - Dadar Chennai Express running as 12163 Dadar - Chennai express and finally 11006 Puducherri - Dadar express running as 11021 Dadar - Tirunelveli express. 

Then there is 12116 Solapur-Mumbai Siddheshwar Express terminated at Daund and will run as 11301 Mumbai - Bengaluru Udyan Express from Daund. Also, 22886 Tatanagar - LTT Antyodaya Express is terminated at Igatpuri and will run as 22885 LTT-Tatanagar Antyodaya Express from Igatpuri. Then, 12112 Amravati - Mumbai Express terminated at Devlali and will run as 12111 Mumbai - Amravati Express from the region where it is terminated. 

Also, trains like 11024 Kolhapur - Mumbai express and 22108 Latur - Mumbai express are short terminated at Satara and Daund for further notice. 

The Central Railways has also revised few scheduled time of trains travelling to north. These trains were suppose to depart from Mumbai on Monday, however, have now been scheduled for today from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.

On local trains, the authority says, "Due to very heavy rainfall, Central Railway suburban services will run in the following section only till further notice:

CSMT-Bandra on harbour line; Vashi-Panvel on harbour line; Thane - Vashi - Panvel on transharbour line; 4th Corridor to Kharkopar and Thane - Kasara/Karjat/Khopoli on main line. 

The Skymet Weather said, "Streets have remained waterlogged and it has brought life to a standstill."

In fact, the forecaster added, "these Mumbai rains are expected to continue today as well with rainfall likely to see an increase during the afternoon hours."

Hence, it is advisable to always track your train before leaving home.