Overhead cable fault disrupts Mumbai’s Metro One services during peak hours

The Mumbai Metro’s Line 1 services were badly affected late on Wednesday because of a fault in an overhead electrical cable, officials said. The Metro One services were therefore operational only between Airport Road and Ghatkopar, and the trips between Versova and Airport Road were affected between 8.20pm and 9pm.

A Metro One spokesperson explained that the technical failure was not uncommon and that birds often collided with overhead electric cables or conductors, causing insulators and equipment to fail. “This also leads to the snapping of overhead wires. This kind of fault requires re-energising of the overhead electrical cable,” the official said.