Suburban services on the Central Railway (CR) collapsed on Thursday morning with a 48-minute signal disruption at Vikhroli detaining and delaying crowded trains and forcing commuters to deboard midway and walk along the tracks to reach the nearest station.

While a CR spokesperson said that services were affected due to a signal failure between 7 am and 7.48 am, the divisional railway manager said the issue was resolved at 8.05 am. “Every day, there is some problem or another on CR. It would be God’s grace if we reached the office one day on time. It is high time the suburban services improve,” a commuter, Avkash Rane, said.