Widening work of Eastern Express Highway in Thane to hit train services

The Kopri road-bridge is the main link between Thane and Mumbai

Widening work of the Eastern Express Highway (EEH), which runs over the Kopri road-bridge in Thane, is all set to be completed over the weekend. However, due to the work, rail services on six lines between Thane and Kurla will remain shut on the nights of January 24 and 25 from 12.30 am to 5.30 am. The Kopri road-bridge is the main link between Thane and Mumbai.

A senior railway official said, "Preparatory work has been on for quite some time and finally it will be done this weekend. All the engineers are prepared for it."
With the girders of the new Kopri bridge arriving at the site from the workshop at Palghar last month, the overall plan envisages widening of the 796-metre-long, four-lane bridge to create an eight-lane one as part of a R250-crore project. Widening of the Kopri bridge was first proposed 14 years ago. The construction department of Central Railway is coordinating with the MMRDA for the project work.

"Work on the Kopri bridge will be completed this weekend and the Central Railway will operate a special traffic and power block on six lines between Thane and Mulund stations to launch the girders of the bridge this weekend. The block will be operated from 12.30 am to 5.30 am," a CR spokesperson said.

The old bridge had come up in 1965. Work on upgrading and expansion of the bridge had started in April 2018 and was expected to be completed by 2021, but
the lockdown delayed the process due to shortage of labour, an official said.

Work to hit train services

Cancellation of mail/express special trains

. 07058 Secunderabad-Mumbai Special Journey (Jan 23-24)
. 07317 Hubballi-LTT Special Journey (Jan 23-24)
. 07057 Mumbai-Secunderabad Special Journey (Jan 24-25)
. 07318 LTT-Hubballi Special Journey (Jan 24-25)

Short termination of mail/express special trains

. 02116 Solapur-Mumbai Special Journey (Jan 23-24) will be short terminated at Pune
. 01112 Madgaon-Mumbai Special Journey (Jan 23-24) will be short terminated at Panvel ead of CSMT Mumbai

Special trains to be terminated at Dadar/Thane and Kalyan

. 01020 Bhubaneshwar-Mumbai Special Journey (Jan 22-23)
. 02541 Gorakhpur-LTT Special Journey (Jan 22-23)
. 02810 Howrah-Mumbai Special Journey (Jan 22-23)
. 01134 Mangaluru Junction-Mumbai Special Journey (Jan 23-24)
. 02702 Hyderabad-Mumbai Special Journey (Jan 23-24)
. 01140 Gadag-Mumbai Special Journey (Jan 23-24)
. 01142 Adilabad-Mumbai Special Journey (Jan 23-24)
. 05267 Raxaul-LTT Special Journey (Jan 23)
. 02106 Gondia-Mumbai Special Journey (Jan 23-24)
. 2138 Firozpur-Mumbai Special Journey (Jan 22-23)
. 02190 Nagpur-Mumbai Special Journey (Jan 23-24)

Short origination of mail/express special trains

. 01301 Mumbai-KSR Bengaluru Special Journey (Jan 24-25) will originate from Pune instead of CSMT Mumbai
. 01113 Mumbai-Madgaon Special Journey (Jan 24-25) will originate from Panvel inst

Trains to arrive behind schedule

. 02620 Mangaluru Central-LTT Special Journey (Jan 23-24) will reach LTT at 07.05 hrs instead of 06.35 hrs
. 01004 Sawantwadi Road-Dadar Special Journey (Jan 23-24) will reach Dadar at 07.10 hrs instead of 06.40 hrs.