Vangani railway station explained

Vangani
Type: Indian Railways and Mumbai Suburban Railway station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Vangani, Thane district
Line:Central Line
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Bicycle:No
Code:VGI
Owned:Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Zone:Central Railways
Map Type:Maharashtra
Map Dot Label:Vangani
Map State:collapsed

Vangani is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.[1]

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 [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vangani Railway Station Forum/Discussion - Railway Enquiry. indiarailinfo.com.
  2. https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/i-was-blank-for-almost-15-20-mins-railway-pointsman-mayur-shelke-on-risking-his-life-for-child-at-vangani-station 'I was blank for almost 15-20 mins': Railway pointsman Mayur Shelke on risking his life for child at Vangani station
  3. https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/central-railway-announces-award-of-rs-50000-for-pointsman-mayur-shelke-who-saved-6-year-old-at-vangani-station Ministry of Railways announces award of Rs 50,000 for pointsman Mayur Shelke who saved 6-year-old at Vangani station