IN PHOTOS: Work underway at Mumbai local train lines as WR announces mega block

The work at Mumbai local train lines was underway on Friday as Western Railway announced to operate a mega block of 10-hours between Goregaon and Kandivali stations. Pics/Satej Shinde

Updated On: 2024-09-06 06:18 PM IST

Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed

The Western Railway had earlier said that it will carry out a jumbo block of 10 hours between Goregaon and Kandivali this weekend. Pics/Satej Shinde

To facilitate the construction of the sixth line between Goregaon and Kandivali, a mega block of 10 hours will be undertaken on the Up and Down slow lines as well as on the Down fast line, the Western Railway said

The block will be undertaken on the Up and Down slow lines as well as on the Down fast line between the two stations from Saturday midnight till 10 am on Sunday, it said

During the block, all the Churchgate-bound slow line trains will run on the fast line from Borivali till Goregaon

Similarly, all the Virar/Dahanu slow line trains will operate on the fast line from Andheri, and these trains will halt at Platform No 7 of Goregaon station

Between Goregaon and Borivali stations, all the Virar/Dahanu-bound slow line trains will run on the fifth line

These trains will not halt at at Ram Mandir, Malad and Kandivali stations owing to unavailability of platforms

A few slow trains operating between Churchgate and Borivali stations will be short-terminated and reversed from Goregaon station, revealed the press release issued by Vineet Abhishek, the Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway

It said that some suburban trains will be cancelled/short terminated during the block

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