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Posted: Jun 13 2016 (22:45)
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The Western Railway (WR) has been left stumped at the failure of the newly-acquired Bombardier trains on Saturday and is working round-the-clock to fix the electrical glitch that had brought eight of the rakes to a standstill, leading to the cancellations of around 100 services.
Seventy-two Bombardier-make trains have been purchased at a cost of Rs 3,041 crore, of which roughly 36 have been delivered to be run on the WR. The delivery started early last year with the first service running on March 18, 2015. However, officials had not faced the issue as only a handful of the Bombardier trains were running on the line last monsoon.
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Seventy-two Bombardier-make trains have been purchased at a cost of Rs 3,041 crore, of which roughly 36 have been delivered to be run on the WR. The delivery started early last year with the first service running on March 18, 2015. However, officials had not faced the issue as only a handful of the Bombardier trains were running on the line last monsoon.
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