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@mybmc @mybmcInfra
Jogeshwari West railway station ke bahar bhod kachra , dabris , mitti , ply furniture sab jama kiya gaya hai urgently hataye

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@mybmcInfra @mybmc
Goregaon West, Jawahar Nagar road no.1 , janta sahkari bank ke waha road aur foothpath pe fariwalo ka kabja kab hatayenge bmc adhikari

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@Central_Railway @RailMadad @RailwaySeva @RailMinIndia @drmmumbaicr
5 hours train late & fine bhare aam public

[sunita dhangar @dhangarranglal2]

The day the rules forgot the train was five hours late

Picture this: You're standing on a crowded platform at Kalyan Junction, phone battery dying, stomach rumbling, eyes fixed on the arrival board that keeps blinking "delayed." You've done everything right. Bought your platform ticket. Waited like a responsible citizen. Then the fine lands—Rs 500—because that little slip of paper in your hand decided to expire while Indian Railways decided to take its sweet time.

That's exactly what happened to one young man recently. He shared the moment in a selfie split: first photo, just a tired guy in a light green polo, staring into the camera with that familiar "why me" look. Second photo, same guy, now holding up the offending ticket like evidence in a courtroom drama. The caption was simple, almost too calm: fined for an expired platform ticket because his train showed up half a day late.

Here's the thing that hits you in the gut. Platform tickets aren't luxury passes. They're the bare-minimum entry for people seeing off loved ones, picking up relatives, or—just maybe—waiting for the one train that might actually get them home. You pay your ten or twenty rupees, step onto the platform, and trust the system won't punish you for its own chaos.

But trust is in short supply when the rule book doesn't bend. The ticket has a printed validity, probably a few hours at most. The train? Five hours late. No one at the station apparently had the authority, or the inclination, to say, "Look, the train is the one that's late, not this passenger." Instead, the fine machine kept turning.

I keep thinking about that guy. Maybe he was exhausted from a long journey already. Maybe he had somewhere urgent to be. Or maybe he was just doing what millions do every day—navigating a railway network that moves on its own unpredictable rhythm. The photos show a regular face in a regular shirt. Not angry, exactly. More like quietly stunned. The kind of expression you wear when the universe delivers a perfect punchline to a joke you didn't know you were in.

Indian Railways carries more passengers in a year than most countries have people. Delays aren't exceptions; they're part of the weather report. Yet the enforcement of these small rules stays strangely rigid. A platform ticket isn't a season pass to loiter. It's proof you paid to be there. When the reason you're still there is the train itself, something fundamental feels broken.

Of course, there's another side. Rules exist so platforms don't turn into free-for-all waiting rooms. Staff have targets, supervisors have checklists, and someone has to draw a line. But when that line punishes the victim of the delay instead of the system causing it, it stops looking like order and starts feeling like absurdity.

The man paid the fine, it seems. Posted the pictures. Probably moved on with his day. But his story stuck because it captures something larger than one Rs 500 ticket. It captures the everyday friction between human lives and institutional logic—the moments when paperwork forgets it's supposed to serve people, not the other way around.

Next time you're at a station and the board shows another delay, remember this guy's face. That quiet stare. It says more about how we run things than any official report ever could.

What kind of system fines you for waiting on its own broken promise?

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@drmbct @RailMinIndia @WesternRly @RailwaySeva @RailMadad Patthar bhi hatao

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@RailMinIndia @WesternRly @RailwaySeva @RailMadad @drmbct
Dadar Westetn railway station platform no.1 gate no 1 ke waha bhod kachra pada hai

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@RailwaySeva @drmbct 9892401092

[Ganesh Rane @KajlaRana95861]

97वॉर्डमधील स्कायवॉकचीअवस्थादिवसेंदिवसबिकटहोतचाललीआहेवारंवारतक्रारीकरूनहीमहानगरपालिकेचेवरिष्ठअधिकारीआणघनकचराविभागाकडूनप्रत्यक्षपाहणीसाठीकिंवाकावाईसाठीकोणतेहीकर्मचारीपाठवलेजातनाहीतनागरकांच्यासुरक्षिततेचावस्वच्छतेचाप्रश्नगंभीरबनलाआहेतात्काळलक्षदेऊनस्कायवॉकचीस्वच्छतावदेखभा@mybmc

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@drmbct @WesternRly @RailMadad @RailwaySeva @RailMinIndia Ye safai roz pura din honi chahiye thodi der ke baad vander waha kabja n kar le

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@WesternRly @RailMadad @RailwaySeva @drmbct @RailMinIndia
Dadar Western Railway Station Platform No. 1, Gate No. 3 ke paas canteen vendor ne paani ki bottles, ladder aur anya saman rakhkar railway ki jagah par kabza kiya hai.

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@drmbct @WesternRly @RailMadad @RailwaySeva @RailMinIndia Side me ply mara hai wo bhi hatao uske back side kachra bhod hai , fariwale stand rakhte hai
Ek bar me hi proper kaam karo

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@drmbct @WesternRly @RailMadad @RailwaySeva @RailMinIndia Window pe Patthar hai wo bhi hatao

[Rajiv chaubey VHP @rajivchaubeyvhp]

दादर के अवैध फेरी वालों के सरताज मियां जमाल BMCऑफिस मिली जुली सरकार में रोज बैठकर फेरी वालों के नई लाइसेंस देने की प्रतिक्रिया में कर रहे हैं कमाल
Gहादी फेरी वाले कैसे बढ़ेंगे और हिंदू कैसे घटेंगे यह तय करेंगे
भ्रष्टाचार में दीमक लग चुकी है हिंदू ही हिंदू का दुश्मन है @mybmc

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@ekikaranmarathi @mnsadhikrut @CMOMaharashtra

[Rajiv chaubey VHP @rajivchaubeyvhp]

दादर के अवैध फेरी वालों के सरताज मियां जमाल BMCऑफिस मिली जुली सरकार में रोज बैठकर फेरी वालों के नई लाइसेंस देने की प्रतिक्रिया में कर रहे हैं कमाल
Gहादी फेरी वाले कैसे बढ़ेंगे और हिंदू कैसे घटेंगे यह तय करेंगे
भ्रष्टाचार में दीमक लग चुकी है हिंदू ही हिंदू का दुश्मन है @mybmc

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@WesternRly @RailMadad @RailwaySeva @drmbct @RailMinIndia
Dadar Westetn railway station platform no.1 gate no 3 ke waha side sab jagah canteen wale ne saman , paani ki bottle lagakar kabja kiya hai
Date - 11/06/2026
Time - 9:50am

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@drmbct @WesternRly @RailMadad @RailwaySeva @RailMinIndia Same situation today morning

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@WesternRly @RailMadad @RailwaySeva @drmbct @RailMinIndia
Dadar Westetn railway station platform no.1 gate no 3 ke waha side sab jagah canteen wale ne saman , paani ki bottle lagakar kabja kiya hai
Railway administration senior adhikari koi karwai karenge

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@drmbct @WesternRly @RailMadad @RailwaySeva @RailMinIndia Date - 11 /06/2026
Time - 9:50 am
Aap check karo koi karwai nahi hui hai
Waha abhi bhi canteen walo ka kabja hai
Photo check kare

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@drmbct @WesternRly @RailMadad @RailwaySeva @RailMinIndia Sir / madam waha patthar , mirror sab dikh raha hai patthar , kanch kyu rakha hua hai aur ek buju side me bhi bottal aur saman rakhkar rasta bhandh kiya hai canteen ke sab baju proper clear kare .

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@MumbaiPolice @Mahad671Kevel @MraMargPS Waha koi karwai hui ya nahi

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@RailwaySeva @rpfwr1 Waha railway administration railway ki jagah pe paani ki bottle ka storage, saman sab hatayega ya nahi

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@RailMinIndia @RailMadad @RailwaySeva @drmbct @WesternRly
Dadar Westetn railway station platform no.1 gate no.3 ke waha canteen ke side me wall railway ki jagah pura paani ki bottle, saman se bhara hua hai
Bahar ke fariwale bhi waha saman rakhte hai
Jagah saaf aur clear kare