Vangani railway station

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

Vangani
Indian Railways and Mumbai Suburban Railway station
General information
LocationVangani, Thane district
Coordinates19°5′39″N 73°18′4″E
Owned byMinistry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)Central Line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Other information
Station codeVGI
Fare zoneCentral Railways
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station
Badlapur Central line
Shelu
towards Khopoli
Location
Vangani is located in Maharashtra
Vangani
Vangani
Location within Maharashtra

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]

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