Train services in Mumbai will be affected as Central Railway is set to implement a 10-hour special traffic and power block from Saturday midnight. As a consequence, all services originating from or terminating at Dombivli will reportedly remain cancelled on Sunday, while all local train services between Mulund–Thane and Diva–Kalyan will remain suspended for the duration of the ten-hour block.
Here are ten things that Mumbai local train commuters need to know about the upcoming block:
- All local trains will run late by an average of 15 minutes.
- The objective of the block is to increase the length of the platforms at Thane and Dombivli stations (platform numbers 3 and 4 at Thane and platform numbers 1A, 1, and 2 at Dombivli) to accommodate 15-coach trains, a Marathi media report said.
- During the block period, fast trains in both directions will make additional halts at Kalva, Mumbra, and Diva stations.
- The block will be carried out on the Mumbai suburban sections of the UP and DOWN Slow lines between Mulund–Thane and Diva–Dombivli.
- UP slow local trains leaving Kalyan will be diverted to the fast route between 11.26 pm and 11.52 pm on Saturday and 3.23 am and 9.55 am on Sunday, an article said.
- DOWN slow local trains leaving Parel, Vidyavihar, and CSMT will also be diverted to the fast route (10.49 pm to 12.12 am and 4.45 am to 9.05 am).
- As per a Mid-Day report, during the hours of the block, several DOWN Slow services from Parel and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) between late Saturday night and Sunday morning will be diverted to the Fast line at Mulund and later re-diverted to the Slow line at Thane. These trains will also skip halts at Kopar and Thakurli stations after being diverted via Diva.
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- UP Slow services departing Kalyan between late Saturday night and Sunday morning will be reportedly diverted to the Fast line and will not halt at Thakurli and Kopar stations. They will be re-diverted between Diva and Thane, and further between Thane and Mulund.
- There will be no exception for the mail and express trains on the route, the Mid-Day report added. DOWN trains departing CSMT or Dadar will be diverted via the fifth line between Vidyavihar/Thane and Kalyan, while UP trains heading towards CSMT/Dadar will be diverted via the sixth line between Kalyan and Thane/Vidyavihar.
- The railway administration will also reportedly conduct a mega block on the Western, Harbour, and Trans-Harbour lines on Sunday. The mega block will be conducted on the Harbour line from 10.33 am to 3.49 pm. As a result, services between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Panvel/Belapur will be cancelled during this period. There will also be a block on the Trans-Harbour line from 11.02 am to 3.53 pm; Thane–Panvel locals will remain suspended during this time, Loksatta said in a report. Special trains will be run between CSMT and Vashi, it added.
