<p> Central Railway Friday assured normalisation of crucial suburban services by evening, three days after a fire disrupted its network resulting in overcrowded trains that claimed three lives, an official said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>B</p>.<p>y Thursday night, barring minor glitches, Central Railway claimed to have normalised up to 85 percent of its suburban operations. By Friday evening, services would be normalised up to 95 percent. <br /><br />"As the restoration work is nearing completion, we hope that by Friday evening, the situation should return to normal and provide relief to the commuters," a Central Railway official said. <br /><br />The services on the slow and fast tracks connecting Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) with the suburbs and distant towns in adjoining Thane and Raigad districts slowly got back to normalcy. <br /><br />Train services, both suburban and long-distance, had been disrupted since early Wednesday after a fire gutted the main signal cabin at Kurla station.<br /><br />The disruptions led to disarray in the services on the harbor line and Western Railway, all of which comprise the lifeline of Mumbai, ferrying over eight million commuters daily.<br /><br />The resultant delays, cancellations and overcrowding of suburban trains resulted in three commuters getting killed and another 17 getting injured Thursday.<br /><br />The government and union railway ministry faced flak from the people and the opposition parties for "lack of concern".<br /><br />BEST and MSRTC (Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation) will continue to run additional services Friday to clear the rush of commuters.</p>
<p> Central Railway Friday assured normalisation of crucial suburban services by evening, three days after a fire disrupted its network resulting in overcrowded trains that claimed three lives, an official said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>B</p>.<p>y Thursday night, barring minor glitches, Central Railway claimed to have normalised up to 85 percent of its suburban operations. By Friday evening, services would be normalised up to 95 percent. <br /><br />"As the restoration work is nearing completion, we hope that by Friday evening, the situation should return to normal and provide relief to the commuters," a Central Railway official said. <br /><br />The services on the slow and fast tracks connecting Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) with the suburbs and distant towns in adjoining Thane and Raigad districts slowly got back to normalcy. <br /><br />Train services, both suburban and long-distance, had been disrupted since early Wednesday after a fire gutted the main signal cabin at Kurla station.<br /><br />The disruptions led to disarray in the services on the harbor line and Western Railway, all of which comprise the lifeline of Mumbai, ferrying over eight million commuters daily.<br /><br />The resultant delays, cancellations and overcrowding of suburban trains resulted in three commuters getting killed and another 17 getting injured Thursday.<br /><br />The government and union railway ministry faced flak from the people and the opposition parties for "lack of concern".<br /><br />BEST and MSRTC (Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation) will continue to run additional services Friday to clear the rush of commuters.</p>
