Mumbai: If you travel long distances on Central Railway and by local trains, then this news is important for you. 72 Hours Mega Block will be taken on Central Railway from 4th to 6th February. This mega block will be taken up for the work of 5th and 6th line between Thane-Diva.
The work of 5th 6th line is in final stage to provide separate tracks for mail and express trains and 4 separate tracks for local trains. According to Mumbai Railway Development Corporation, after this last infrastructure block, the 5th 6th line will be opened from 8th February.
350 local trains will remain closed
It has been informed that 350 up-down local and 117 mail express and passenger trains will remain canceled during the mega block. However, in between, special local will run on slow line. There will be a Special Infrastructure Block on Fast Lines between Thane and Diva for cut and connection works and new RRI building and commissioning at Diva in respect of Thane-Diva 5th and 6th Lines work. Up Mail/Express and Up fast suburban trains leaving Kalyan from 11.10 pm on 4th February to 4 am on 6th February will be diverted on Up slow line between Kalyan and Mulund and will not stop at Thane station. Up fast trains will run on the newly laid Up fast line through Kalwa platform number 4 and new Tunnel-1 from 6 February.
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Block will start from the night of 4th February
All trains leaving LTT and reaching Thane with effect from 11.10 hrs on 4th February till the completion of the block will be diverted via Thane platform number 5 between Mulund and Kalyan station on Dn fast line. Up and Down slow line suburban services will run on newly laid Up and down slow line.
memu service canceled
MEMU services between Vasai Road/Panvel/Roha will remain canceled during the block period except the regular timetabled Western Railway MEMU services for Central Railway. Dn Fast suburban services will run on newly laid Dn fast line at Kalwa station via New Platform No.-3, Mumbra Platform No.-3 and Diva Proper Platform No.-3. The existing Dn and Up fast line between Thane-Diva Via Parsik Tunnel will be started as 5th and 6th line.
Cancellation of Mail-Express Trains
22119/22120 Mumbai – Karmali – Mumbai Express travels on 5 & 6, 12051/12052 Mumbai-Margao-Mumbai Jan Shatabdi Express on 5, 6 & 7 February, 11085 LTT – Madgaon Express on 7, 11086 Margao – LTT Express on 8,11099 LTT – Madgaon Express to 5, 11100 Madgaon – LTT Express to 6, 22113 LTT – Kochuveli Express to 5, 22114 Kochuveli – LTT Express 7,12224 Ernakulam – LTT Express to 6,12223 LTT – Ernakulam Express to 5 & 8,12220 Secunderabad – LTT Express to 4 12219 LTT – Secunderabad Express to 5, 12133/12134 Mumbai – Mangaluru Jn. – Mumbai Express to 4, 5, 6 and 7, 17317 Hubli – Dadar Express on 4, 5, and 6, 17318 Dadar – Hubli Express 5, 6 & 7 on 11008 Pune-Mumbai Deccan Express on 4, 6 & 7, 11007 Mumbai-Pune Deccan Express on 5, 6, 7 & 8, 11030 Kolhapur-Mumbai Koyna Express on 4, 5 & 6, 11029 Mumbai – Kolhapur Koyna Express to 5, 6 and 7,12071/12072 Mumbai-Jalna-Mumbai Jan Shatabdi Express to 5 and 612109/12110 Mumbai-Manmad-Mumbai Panchavati 5 and 6,11401/11402 Mumbai-Adila Post-Mumbai Nandigram on 4, 5 and 6, 12123/12124 Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai Deccan Queen on 5, 6 and 7, 12112 Amravati – Mumbai Superfast on 4 and 5, 12111 Mumbai – Amravati Superfast on 5 and 6, 12140 Nagpur – Mumbai Sevagram Express to 4 & 5, 12139 Mumbai-Nagpur Sevagram Express to 5 & 6, 11139/11140 Mumbai-Gadag-Mumbai Express to 4, 5 & 6, 17611 H.S.Nanded-Mumbai Rajyarani Express 4 & 5, 17612 Mumbai – HS Nanded Rajyarani Express 5 & 6, 12131 Dadar – Sai Nagar Shirdi Express 5,12132 Sainagar Shirdi – Dadar Express 6, 11041 Dadar – Sai Nagar Shirdi on 3 & 5,11042 Sainagar Shirdi – Dadar on 4 & 6 ,11027 Dadar-Pandharpur Express 4 to 11028 Pandharpur-Dadar Express 5, 22147 Dadar-Sai Nagar to Shirdi 4, 22148 Sainagar to Shirdi-Dadar 5, 11003/11004 Dadar-Sawantwadi Road-Dadar Tutari Express to 7 & 8, 50103/ 50104 Diva – Ratnagiri – Diva Passenger on 5, 6 & 7, 10106 Sawantwadi – Diva Express on 4, 5, 6 and 7 10105 Diva – Sawantwadi Express will remain canceled on 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th February.
Short termination of many express trains
Similarly, many express trains have also been short terminated at Panvel and Pune. 17032 Hyderabad – Mumbai Express will have short termination at Pune on 4th & 5th February. This train will leave from Pune on 5th and 6th February. MEMU services will remain canceled on 5, 6 & 7.
extra buses will run
According to CPRO Shivaji Sutar, Central Railway, Thane and Kalyan Municipal Corporation have been asked to provide special buses for the convenience of passengers during the 72-hour mega block. Apart from this, special local will also be run between Thane-Kalyan.