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The local services in the Western Railway's fast corridor in Mumbai were delayed for a brief period on Friday morning due to the failure of a track-changing point, an official said. There was a "point failure" (track-changing point) at Goregaon on Up and Down fast lines at 6.20 am. The problem was resolved at around 7.23 am, a spokesperson of the Western Railway said. The trains running on the fast corridor were delayed during the morning rush hour because of the technical snag, he said. "Due to this technical problem, all up and down fast suburban locals are running late by 15 to 20 minutes. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted," the Western Railway's divisional railway manager of Mumbai division tweeted. The suburban local trains, which are termed as Mumbai's lifeline, ferry around 35 lakh commuters every day.

Local train services on the Harbour Line in Mumbai were disrupted on Wednesday due to a rail fracture near Govandi station, a Central railway official said

Local train services on the harbour line in Mumbai were disrupted on Tuesday morning due to power issues

As the Maharashtra government has decided to resume train services for all passengers, the Western Railways is gearing up to start local services in Mumbai from February 1 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Speaking to ANI, Western Railway's Chief Public Relations Officer Sumit Thakur said: "We have formed teams and sanitisation of cabins and seating areas is being done. We will be increasing entry and exit points, ticket booking counters with time. Our staff including Railway Police Force officials will be available to regulate the crowd."He appealed to all the Mumbai local train passengers to adhere to COVID-19 norms and protocols in order to combat the virus and ensure smooth operations of trains.The operations of Mumbai local train services were shut for normal passengers for almost ten months since the beginning of the lockdown.

The movement of trains on the Thane-Vashi Trans-Harbour suburban railway line was disrupted after a local's pantograph got entangled with the overhead wire at a Navi Mumbai station

Power outage in Mumbai on Monday brought the local trains, considered as the city's lifeline, to a standstill for nearly two-and-a-half hours, causing hardships to commuters, railway officials said

Bombay High Court said the Maharashtra government needed to come up with a way to allow common people to use public transport system in Mumbai as people are losing jobs

At present 500 special suburban services are being operated by Western Railway for essential services staff

The government also requested the board to put in place the required logistics for smooth operations of the services

Privately-run trains need clear signals

At least 67 per cent Indian citizens are certain that they would not take the metro or local trains in the next 30 days even if they were restarted, shows a survey by LocalCircles

Western Railway in Mumbai is running an awareness campaign warning people against crossing railway tracks

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said the reason is highly subsidised fare structure

Even commuters would not need to have internet connection and the service is totally free of cost