Commuters wait to board a Mumbai local train on August 8, 2021. (Express Photo: Amit Chakravarty) The Central Railway will operate 36 hours of infrastructure block starting 2 pm Saturday till 2am Monday on the Up and Down slow lines between Thane and Kalva stations to complete the work on the fifth and sixth lines between Thane and Diva.
The block will result in cancellation of Suburban train services at Kalva, Mumbra, Kopar and Thakurli railway stations.
The railways also advised commuters boarding from Kalva, Mumbra, Kopar and Thakurli stations to board trains from Thane, Diva, Dombivali and Kalyan stations, respectively.
The railway informed that the administration has made arrangements to run buses in coordination with Municipal authorities for the benefit of passengers.
Meanwhile, trains originating and terminating at Dombivali will not be available during the entire block period, a statement from Central Railway said. It added, slow line locals will halt on fast line platforms at Thane, Dombivali and Diva stations.
As many as 14 long distance train services will also be cancelled.
According to an official, the newly-laid track between Thane and Vitava Road underbridge will be cut and connected to the existing down and up slow lines. Similarly, insertion and commissioning of crossovers, turn outs, derailing switches in connection with yard remodelling and alteration in interlocking arrangements at Thane and Kalva will be carried out during block period.
Below is a list of trains that will be affected due to the infrastructure block
Mail/Express Services:
Cancellation of Express trains journey commencing Friday and Saturday
12112 Amravati-Mumbai Express
12140Nagpur-Mumbai Sevagram Express
17611 Nanded – Mumbai Rajyrani Express
Cancellation of Express trains journey commencing Saturday and Sunday
11007/11008 Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai Deccan Express
12071/12072 Mumbai-Jalna-Mumbai Janshatabdi Express
12109/12110 Mumbai-Manmad-Mumbai Panchvati Express
11401 Mumbai-Adilabad Nandigram Express
12123/12124 Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai Deccan Queen
12111 Mumbai-Amravati Express
12139 Mumbai-Nagpur Sewagram Express
11139 Mumbai-Gadag Express
17612 Mumbai-Nanded Rajyarani Express
Cancellation of Express trains journey commencing Sunday and Monday
11402 Adilabad-Mumbai Nandigram Express
11140 Gadag-Mumbai Express
Short termination of Express trains at Pune
17317 Hubballi-Dadar Express (journey commencing Friday and Saturday)
11030 Kolhapur-Mumbai Koyna Express (journey commencing Saturday and Sunday)
Short Origination of Express trains from Pune
11029 Mumbai-Kolhapur Koyna Express (journey commencing Sunday and Monday)
17318 Dadar-Hubballi Express (journey commencing Saturday and Sunday)
- The Indian Express website has been rated GREEN for its credibility and trustworthiness by Newsguard, a global service that rates news sources for their journalistic standards.
