NAVI MUMBAI: Commuters in a Harbour Line local train were alarmed after they noticed smoke coming out from the bottom of a coach between Vashi and Mankhurd on Friday evening. The local was briefly halted near Vashi railway station after some passengers called up railway helplines at around 6.25pm.

"Some of the commuters became very scared and jumped off the coach number CR-70363 between the two stations while the train had halted," said an eyewitness who was present inside the coach, N Pandey.

Later, the train was taken to Vashi station where all the other commuters got off, and the local was sent to the railway yard for further inspection. It is likely to be an electrical malfunction that triggered the smoke inside the coach.