08 January,2016 03:00 PM IST | | PTI
The Central Railway will impose an 18-hour mega block on its main line on Sunday owing to the work for dismantling the century-old Hancock bridge, which will impact operations of some suburban and Express services
The Central Railway will impose an 18-hour mega block on its main line on Sunday owing to the work for dismantling the century-old Hancock bridge, which will impact operations of some suburban and Express services.
Hancock bridge in Mumbai. Pic/Atul Kamble
Due to the mega block, some trains moving to and fro from CST will be cancelled, diverted and short-terminated from today till January 10, a CR statement said.
All CST-bound suburban services would be terminated at Byculla station and then depart from there, the statement said, adding that total 150 suburban and 42 mail and express trains will remain cancelled today, tomorrow and on Sunday.
The mega-block will start at 12.20 AM on Sunday and continue till 6.20 PM that day which is likely to cause problems to daily commuters and long distance passengers. After dismantling the 137-year-old Hancock bridge, near Sandhurst road station, a new bridge would be built at same place by the CR.
Dismantling and then re-constructing the bridge will allow trains to run between Dadar and CST without speed restrictions, an official said.
The suburban services will remain suspended between CST and Byculla from 12.20 AM to 6.30 PM on Sunday. The last local leaving from CST will be for Kasara at 12.10 AM on January 10 and last local for Karjat will leave CST at 12.30 AM. There will no block on the harbour line.
According to the statement, the trains that will remain cancelled on Friday are:
Train No.16340 Nagercoil-CST Mumbai Express
Train No.11028 Chennai-CST Mumbai Mail
Train No.11020 Bhubaneshwar-CST Mumbai Konark Express.
The trains which will be cancelled on Saturday are:
Train No. 51028 Pandharpur-CST Mumbai Passenger
Train No. 51034 Sainagar Shirdi-CST Mumbai Passenger
Train No. 11306 Solapur-CST Mumbai Express
Train No. 11402 Nagpur-CST Mumbai Nandigram Express
Train No. 12112 Amaravati-CST Mumbai Express
Train No. 22108 Latur-CST Mumbai Express
Train No. 11024 Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj(T)Mumbai Sahyadri Exp
Train No. 02597 Gorakhpur-CST Mumbai Special
The trains to remain cancelled on January 10 are:
Train No.11010 Pune-CST Mumbai Sinhagad Express
Train No.22102 Manmad-CST Mumbai Rajya Rani Express
Train No.12124 Pune-CST Mumbai Deccan Queen Express
Train No.12110 Manmad-CST Mumbai Panchavati Express
Train No.12126 Pune-CST Mumbai Pragati Express
Train No.51154 Bhusaval-CST Mumbai Passenger
Train No.11008 Pune-CST Mumbai Deccan Express
Train No.11030 Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj(T)-CST Mumbai Koyna Express
Train No.12128 Pune-CST Mumbai Intercity Express
Train No.22106 Pune-CST Mumbai Indrayani Express
