Mumbai rains: Trains on time, people running late for other reasons, says official

Even as Mumbaikars struggled to reach their places of work because of trains stalled on the Central Railway lines and trains running behind schedule on the Western Railway line, Senior Public Relations Officer of Central Railways AK Jain said people are running late for other reasons and are blaming the railways. [caption id=“attachment_1599655” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. AFP[/caption] “Trains were stuck for only an hour and now they are running on time,” Jain told Firstpost. When told that many people have complained that they are still stuck on trains on the Central line between the Ghatkopar and Kurla stretch, including many Firstpost employees, he told us, “They are late for other reasons, and they are blaming the railways.” Firstpost had earlier in the day  reported that the rains disrupted railway traffic in Mumbai as the water-logged tracks of central railway’s main line and harbour line hit services. Local trains on both the lines were running late with some commuters reporting an hour-long delay between Kurla and Vidyavihar stations alone. While Jain chose to believe that people are using the rains as an excuse to turn up late to work, here are some tweets that tell a different story.