The mishap took place after 11 bogeys of an EMU train from Kasara going to Kalyan derailed possibly due to landslide, Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal said in New Delhi.
The Mumbai-Gondia Vidarbha Express, which collided with a derailed Mumbai-bound local train on Thursday night near Shahpur in Maharashtra, came to a halt after a loud noise, according to the passenger Bhagyashri Karewar of the coach S-10.
The traffic on Kalyan-Kasara section of the Central Railway in Thane district of Maharashtra, was affected due to the collision between an Express and a local train on Thursday night, will be fully restored by early Saturday morning, a top official said.