Train/Rail travel and the Mumbai attacks of November 26/27th

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Mumbai attacks of November 26/27th

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) / VT (Victoria Terminus Station) was one of the sites that came under the incredible attack on the city of Mumbai today. I am sure that this major train station is now currently shut down (or is it?). This must mean that dozens and dozens of long distance trains that leave out of and come through this station have been halted or diverted.
It effects the whole of the West, Central and parts of the South Indian Rail system.

How does this tragic event effect rail travel though India today, and tomorrow, and the coming week or weeks, or month?

Does anyone know if any trains are running out of Mumbai to Delhi/ Delhi to Mumbai right now? To Goa, Hyderabad, Aurangabad, the cities in Rajasthan? When are trains going to start running back to normal?

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From today's 27/11/2008 Hindustan Times:
[CST Victoria Station] the headquaters of Central Railways: At least 30 people were injured and 10 killed in indiscriminate firing. Train services suspended, thousands evacuated.

From todays The Hindu 27/11/2008:
Suburban trains and city buses [in Mumbai] operated normally but without usual rush. Except for cancellation of three international flights, domestic air services to Mumbai were maintained.

A.K. Sharma, Railway Police Commissioner, said two or three persons, carrying AK 47 rifles and grenades entered the Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus with AK 47 rifles at 8.35 p.m. and opened fire indiscriminately and the panic-struck people rushed out. He said 10 people were feared dead and 30 injured. “The situation is still not resolved. However, there has been no firing for the last 45 minutes,” Mr. Sharma said.

Eyewitnesses, who claim to have seen at least one person dead, said two gunmen fired several shots and then rushed out of the station towards the Special Branch Office.
Rakesh, who had come with his wife and child to board a long distance train, said he heard shots and saw many people with blood stains on them. He rushed out with his family and took refuge in a building opposite the station.
The entire area has been cordoned off and no vehicles were allowed near the station. Commandos and special police teams were trying to get the situation under control. Random shots were still heard from the station at the time of our going to press.