Mumbai; July 4, 2016: Several long-distance trains were cancelled or rescheduled after a goods train derailed near Dahanu Road station in Palghar district early this morning, disrupting traffic on the rail link to Mumbai.

There were no news of any casualties and the suburban train traffic of the western railway was not affected.

Ravindra Bhakar, Western Railway Chief PRO said, “the incident took place at around 2 AM and a massive operation had been launched to remove the 11 derailed containers and clear the track”.

“Several long distance trains from Mumbai have been cancelled”, he said.