Four-commuters, all students including a 16-year-old studying plus-2, died on the spot after they hit a wall on the platform-4 of St. Thomas Mount station. According to sources, the peak hour train from Chennai Beach to Thirumalpur EMU-local-(40701) was late by nearly 35-minutes due to which college and office goers boarded the train in large numbers forcing the youngsters to travel on the footboard.

Commuters who travel by Mumbai’s suburban AC local train were miffed on Friday morning after the air-conditioning in the 7.54 am Churchgate-bound local stop working. This is the second Friday in a row that there has been a problem with the AC train. The temperature inside the compartments reportedly shot up to 36 degrees Celsius, forcing commuters to pull the chain.