Vangani is a railway station on the
Central line of the
Mumbai Suburban Railway
The Mumbai Suburban Railway ( Marathi: मुंबई उपनगरीय रेल्वे) (colloquially called local trains or simply locals) consists of exclusive inner suburban railway lines augmented by commuter rail on main lines ser ...
network.
On local time of 17:03, April 17, 2021, a visually impaired mother took a 6-years old child, who had goes off edge of platform and fallen on the tracks when an express train approaching, a railway worker named Mayur Shelkhe rush to save the child from tracks only a 2-3 seconds before a train passing and station staff flagging to order the train to stop, both railway worker and the child are safely climbed to the platform while risking their life, and the train stops for a while, recorded by many CCTV cameras, the Ministry of Railway in India has praised Mayur Shelkhe's good Samaritan and awarded with Rs 50,000 in cash
Ministry of Railways announces award of Rs 50,000 for pointsman Mayur Shelke who saved 6-year-old at Vangani station
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Gallery
Vangani railway station - Station board.jpg, Vangani railway station board
References
Railway stations in Thane district
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
Mumbai CR railway division
Kalyan-Lonavala rail line
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