A monorail train came to a sudden halt on tracks near Wadala in Mumbai on Wednesday morning, November 5, due to technical glitches. After receiving the information, a vehicle of the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) reached the spot to rescue the motorman. The incident occurred during the trial run of the monorail.
Some reports suggest that the monorail train coach went off track and tilted near Wadala. The incident is reported to have occurred during the track change. The monorail official said that the incident took place due to a technical fault during the testing of the monorail.
Rohan Salunkhe told FPJ that no one was inside the train; hence, no injuries were reported in the incident. The incident was reported at around 9 am to the BMC disaster management department. The incident took place between Wadala and GTB Nagar monorail stations, near the RTO junction in Wadala East.
The services on the monorail are shut due to the incident, as passengers, including office goers and early travellers were stranded at several monorail stations.
A video shared on X (formerly Twitter) shows a monorail train that looks like derailed from the track. A fire brigade vehicle and police officials were seen at the spot.
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This is the second such incident after September 15 this year, when 17 passengers onboard were rescued with the help of a fire bridge when a monorail train came to a halt on the tracks due to a technical issue. The incident that occurred between the Antop Hill Bus Depot and the GTBN monorail station in Wadala.
Passengers stuck inside the train were rescued after 45 minutes. All the passengers were safe and shifted to another train.