Mumbai, July 15 - Heavy rains continued to batter India's financial capital for the third consecutive day Wednesday, causing waterlogging in many areas, traffic snarls and affecting rail services.

There were traffic jams since morning on the Eastern Express Highway and Western Expressway and other major roads and many office-goers to downtown south Mumbai were delayed.

The city's lifeline, the suburban trains, were running late, spokespersons of the Central Railway and Western Railway said.

Services on the long-distance sectors were affected after a portion of the railway tracks were washed out at Waingani, around 100 km from Mumbai on the Central Railway.

Train services on the Mumbai-Pune sector were hit since 8.30 a.m. and rail traffic was diverted via Panvel sector to and from Mumbai, a railway spokesman said.

While work on restoring the railway lines was in progress, train services were stopped between Badlapur (Thane district) to Khopoli near Lonavala.

Air services were delayed by about 15 minutes each, due to poor visibility.