The derailment that hit the suburban local train service, the metropolis’s lifeline, not only caused massive inconvenience to passengers on Wednesday but also threw the famed Dabbawalas’ operations out of gear.
Widely lauded for their slick system for reaching meals to thousands of office-goers, the dabbawalas on Wednesdayfailed to deliver tiffins as they could not collect them back from offices due to the stoppage of the suburban local train service on Western Railway (WR)’s network. Seven coaches of a Churchgate-bound fast local train came off the tracks on the WR line on Tuesday, leading to the blocking up of three lines between Andheri and Vile Parle. The disruption caused a great deal of inconvenience to commuters as services came to a grinding halt for hours.
