mumbai suburban services on the western railway took a severe hit after a portion of a tree fell on the tracks at malad station during evening rush hour on thursday the slow track for borivlibound trains had to be closed beyond goregaon the tree was from a garden adjacent to malad station and fell on the tracks and roof at the south end of platform no 1 commuters had a tough time as the northbound traffic was severely impacted at a time when a majority of people were on their way home wr officials said that 17 pairs of trains were cancelled and more than 120 services delayed because the section between malad and borivli remained blocked for traffic between 4 pm and 5 pm the wr had to divert trains from down direction which resulted in blockages on the up direction tracks and ultimately led to delays in both directions there were no trains for churchgate for almost 30 minutes shailja mishra a bandra commuter said frustration levels increased as there were no announcements even the indicators were not working on the platform trains were running 30 to 40 minutes late in up as well as down direction ramesh jain who took a fast train from malad to andheri said it took almost 40 minutes to travel the distance compared to the usual 2025 minutes the fire brigade was called to the spot to clear the branches on the tracks