India, Oct. 7 -- A technical fault in the railway track point changing mechanism near Malavli Station early Monday morning caused disruption in train movement between Pune and Mumbai, delaying five major trains. The disruption, which occurred between 7.40 am and 8.40 am, left hundreds of office-goer commuters stranded as they faced delays at the start of the workweek.

The affected trains included Deccan Queen, Pragati Express, Indore Humsafar Express, Pune-Lonavla Local, and Mumbai CSMT Superfast Express.

Hemant Kumar Behera, spokesperson, Pune Railway Division, said, "There was a failure in track point switching mechanism that allows trains to change tracks. Hence, the trains running towards Mumbai from Pune were on hold till our techn...