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Western Railway is placing beams for a new bridge between Mahim and Bandra, causing large interruptions in the service on April 11 and 12. 334 local services will be canceled
The trains will not stop at Mahalaxmi, Lower Pearl, Pabhadevi, Matunga Road, Mahim and Khar Road Stations last this period. (Representative/PTI file)
Western Railway is doing the work of placing beams for the new bridge between Mahim and Bandra, which requires a significant interruption of local services. To facilitate this, the main blocks will be implemented on April 11 and 12, which leads to the cancellation of 334 local services.
From 10:23 pm on Friday, April 11, all slow local trains that leave Churchgate and the slow local trains that are heading towards Churchgate will operate in the fast line between Mumbai Central and Santacruz.
Consistently, trains will not stop in Mahalaxmi, Lower Pearl, Pabhadevi, Matunga Road, Mahim and Khar Road the stations that change this period, causing discomfort to many passengers.
Block details for Friday, April 11
- Duration for a slow line up and down: 11:00 pm to 8:30 am
- Duration for fast line: 12:30 pm at 6:30 am
Key changes:
- After 10:23 pm on Friday, all the slow local trains that leave Churchgate and the slow local trains that go to Churchgate will run in the fast line between Mumbai Central and Santacruz.
- Local trains will not stop at Road de Mahalaxmi, Lower Pearl, Pabhadevi, Matunga Road, Mahim and Khar.
- The last local train from Vinar to Churchgate will leave at 12:05 am
- Local trains will operate in the fast line between Churchgate and Dadar.
- The services between Goregaon and Bandra will deviate to the port line.
- The services between Vira and andheri will use slow and fast routes.
On Saturday, April 12, the services will be gradually restored:
- Churchgate’s first will leave for Bhayander at 6:10 am (using the quick route between Santacruz and Mumbai Central).
- The first place Borivali-Churchgate will leave at 8:03 am
- The first rapid store of Churchgate at Borivali will leave at 6:14 am
- The first Churchgate-Virar Fast, will start at 6:15 am
- The first place of Churchgate-Borivali will leave at 8:03 am
A second block will occur on Saturday, April 12, night:
- Duration for slow route: 11:30 pm at 9:00 am
- Quick route duration: 11:30 pm at 8:00 am
SERVICE CHANGES:
- The trains between Churchgate and Dadar will run on the fast route.
- Local services that leave Dahanu Road, Vinar, Nalasopara, Vasai Road, Bhayander and Borivali will only run to Andheri.
- Churchgate’s last place will leave at 10:53 pm on Saturday.
On Sunday, April 13, the services will be restored:
- The first Vinar-Churchte store will leave at 8:08 am
- Bhayander-Churchte’s first place will leave at 8:24 am
- The first viral-churchte store will leave at 8:18 am
- The first Churchgate-Virar Fast place will leave at 9:03 am