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Central Railway motorman suspended as train overshoots Parel platform by nikhilndls on 25 July, 2012 - 09:20 AM
avatar nikhilndls Central Railway motorman suspended as train overshoots Parel platform on 25 July, 2012 - 09:20 AM

MUMBAI: Central Railway has suspended motorman A S Maleth of the CST-Thane local, which overshot the platform at Parel on Monday. The motorman was supposed to halt the train before the home signal at Parel. on the Dadar-bound slow line.

The train overshot the platform by three compartments at 10.50pm.

Sources said, "The train came to a halt after overshooting due to emergency brakes being applied by the guard.The train was held up for 20 minutes before it was taken to Dadar, where it was short-terminated."

The incident led to chaos as the administration decided to cancel the train at Dadar and commuters had to wait for another train to continue their journey.