Services on all lines of Central Railway were delayed for over 30 minutes as all trains came to a standstill following a major power failure due to a snag in Tata`s Netivali power plant near Dombivli on Saturday morning.
On the Pune section, there was a power failure on both up and down lines between Shivaji Nagar and Malavli from 6:09 am – 6:12 am & 6:28 am from Dehu Road-Shelarwadi, Talegaon-Kamshet section, restored at 6:58 am.
On the Nashik section, there was a power failure at Bhusawal, Igatpuri from 6:15 am to 7 am.
On the Kalyan-Lonavala section on up and down lines between 6.05 am to 6.55 am and Kalyan-Igatpuri up and down lines from 6.08 am to 7.08 am.
“Following the parting of conductor at the Tata`s Netivali transmission plant, power supply to Central Railway`s various sections, including Nashik line, Pune line and also at Kalyan was interrupted for about 30 minutes,” Central Railway`s chief public relations officer Dr Swapnil Nila said.
