Woman Gets Stuck Between Platform And Moving Train

The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation’s Cooper Hospital in Vile Parle for treatment.According to officials, the Churchgate-bound train from Virar on the Western Railway (WR) derailed around 11 am blocking the two (in Up and Down directions) fast tracks and disrupting the morning peak-hour office-bound commuter rush. Commuters stuck in the trains had to walk through the railway tracks to reach the nearest station. The train left Virar around 9.56 am and was jam-packed by the time it reached Andheri when the derailment occurred.An official of the Western Railway said that a team of officials and engineers immediately rushed to the site to restore train services. The derailment hit not only suburban train schedules but also long-distance trains from Mumbai going towards Gujarat, New Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir.Officials said several long-distance trains scheduled to depart from Bandra, Dadar and Mumbai Central railway stations were being rescheduled. These included Rajdhani Express, August Kranti Rajdhani Express and Karnavati Express, among others. Similarly, several inbound trains from destinations across the country were being terminated at Borivli, Vasai or Virar stations.The Western Railway suburban section suffered cancellation of a number of local train services resulting in massive crowds of commuters at all stations beween Virar and Churchgate in both directions.