July 14: Commuters on main line suffered for the third consecutive day on Monday as Central Railway services were disrupted due to incidents of stone throwing and stray violence including torching of a rake at Ulhasnagar this morning.The local services were suspended beyond Ghatkopar this morning till late afternoon. Services on the main and harbour line were later run only between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Kurla `taking into consideration the safety factor of the passengers', informed a railway spokesperson.The CR official informed that the services had to be cancelled after 8.45 am following complaints of stone throwing on trains from Thane, Mulund, Ghatkopar and Kanjurmarg and some stations on the harbour line. Travellers informed that mobs also attacked trains beyond Thane leading to suspension of several services.Six long distance trains were terminated between various suburban stations and could not reach Mumbai. They were terminated at Kalyan, Ambernath, Karjat, and Kasara. People who ventured out of their homes early panicked as rounds of rumours added to their worries. ``I did not want to take a chance today after the trouble for the last two days,'' said a commuter from Ghatkopar working for a private company.Those determined to reach their offices later in the day had to make a tedious journey using the bus. The attendance in the office areas was also thin considering that the the city was excluded from observing bandh today.Western Railway commuters also tried to wind their work for the day early. The services finally resumed at 4.30 pm though the frequency was very thin.The WR was also relatively free from any trouble. The public relation officer informed that some miscreants tried to block the tracks between Dadar and Elphistone this morning at 5.55 am by placing wooden sleepers. Railway police removed the sleepers within five minutes. Similarly, miscreants detained Saurashtra Mail at Safala railway station beyond Palghar. However, policemen chased them away.However, derailment of a goods trains at Kota put the long distance train schedule out of gear. Four trains, Rajdhani, Paschim, Swaraj and August Kranti express were running 15 to 16 hours behind schedule and had to be diverted on other routes. The Western Railways will halt these trains at Borivli for some time to allow passengers to alight and proceed to their destination nearby.
