14 July,2024 09:42 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Amid heavy rains in Raigad and Ratnagiri, a landslide occurred just outside a tunnel between Vinhere (Raigad) and Divan Khawati (Ratnagiri) stations on Sunday at 5pm. In view of the landslide, train services were halted on the Konkan Railway Route while restoration work was underway.
"No train was passing through the section at the time," said a Konkan Railway official reported PTI.
According to the PTI report, Five to six long-distance trains were halted at various stations on the Konkan route while teams were deployed to clear the tracks, the official said.
"A JCB has already reached the spot, and a poclain machine is on the way. The services may resume in two to three hours," the official said.
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In a post on X, the Konkan Railway had said that the restoration work is expected to completed with three hours.
Earlier this week, services on the Konkan Railway route were affected due to waterlogging in the Pernem tunnel in the Madure-Pernem section in Goa amid rains
Western Railway, while sharing Mumbai local train updates, on Friday said that it will carry out a night block between Mumbai Cental and Mahim railway stations on the intervening night of 13th/14th July, 2024.
In a statement, the Western Railway said that to carry out maintenance work of tracks, overhead and signalling equipment, a jumbo block of four hours will be taken on up and down fast lines between Mumbai Central and Mahim stations from 00.15 hrs to 04.15 hrs during the intervening night of 13th/14th July, 2024.
According to a press release issued by Vineet Abhishek - Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, during the block period, all Fast line trains will be operated on Slow lines between Santacruz and Churchgate stations.
Therefore, there will be a no block in the day over Western Railway Suburban section on Sunday, 14th July, 2024.
