Central Railway (CR) will operate a special 18- hour infrastructure block between Thane and Diva for commissioning of Thane-Diva 5th and 6th lines on December 19, 2021.In addition, crossovers at Diva (North) for diversion of trains will also be commissioned, the same day, according to a statement by CR.
The block will be operated on Up and Dn slow lines from 0800 hours of Sunday, December 19 until 0200 hours of Monday, December 20.
Once the 5th and 6th lines between Thane and Diva re commissioned on Mumbai suburban, CR would have removed the biggest bottleneck hindering train operations between these two stations thereby enhancing line capacity.
Impact on suburban services:
Up slow / semi-fast services to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus leaving Kalyan from 07.47 hrs to 23.52 hrs will be diverted on Up fast line between Diva and Mulund skipping halt at Mumbra and Kalva; further re-diverted on Up slow line at Mulund station and arrive destination 10 minutes behind schedule
Down slow/semi-fast services from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus leaving Mulund at 07.42 hrs to 01.15 hrs (of December 20) will be diverted on Down fast line between Mulund and Diva stations skipping halt at Kalva and Mumbra; further re-diverted on Down slow line at Diva station and arrive destination 10 minutes behind schedule.
Suburban services will not be available at Kalva and Mumbra stations during the block period.
Passengers boarding from Kopar and Thakurli stations are advised to board trains from Dombivali and Kalyan respectively.
Railway Administration has arranged to run buses in coordination with Thane and Kalyan-Dombivali Transport Undertakings for the benefit of passengers.
Cancellation of Express trains Journey Commencing on December 18 (Saturday)
12112 Amravati-Mumbai Express
17611 Nanded-Mumbai Express
11030 Kolhapur-Mumbai Koyna Express
Cancellation of Express trains Journey Commencing on December 19 (Sunday)
11007 / 11008 Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai Deccan Express
12109 /12110 Mumbai-Manmad-Mumbai Panchvati Express
12071 / 12072 Mumbai-Jalna-Mumbai Janshatabdi Express
11401 Mumbai-Adilabad Nandigram Express
12123 /12124 Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai Deccan Queen
12111 Mumbai-Amravati Express
11139 Mumbai-Gadag Express
17612 Mumbai-Nanded Express
11029 Mumbai-Kolhapur Koyna Express
Cancellation of Express trains Journey Commencing on December 20 (Monday)
11402 Adilabad-Mumbai Nandigram Express
11140 Gadag-Mumbai Express
Short termination / Short origination of Express trains
17317 Hubballi-Dadar Express JCO December 18 (Saturday)will be short terminated at Pune and
17318 Dadar- Hubballi Express JCO December 19 (Sunday) will short originate from Pune.
Mega Block on Harbour Line
CR will operate Mega Block on Harbour line for carrying out maintenance work on December 19 (Sunday) as under-
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus – Chunabhatti / Bandra Dn harbour line
from 11.40 am to 4.40 pm &
Chunabhatti / Bandra – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Up harbour line
from 11.10 am to 4.10 pm
Dn Harbour line services to Vashi /Belapur/Panvel leaving Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai/ Vadala Road from 11.16 am to 4.47 pm and Dn Harbour line services to Bandra/Goregaon leaving Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai from 10.48 am to 4.43 pm will remain suspended.
Up Harbour line services for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai leaving Panvel/Belapur/Vashi from 9.53 am to 3.20 pm and Up Harbour line services for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai leaving Goregaon/ Bandra from 10.45 am to 5.13 pm will remain suspended.
However, Special services will run between Panvel and Kurla (Platform No.8) during the block period.
Harbour line passengers are permitted to travel via Main Line and Western Railway from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm during block period.
On Main Line there is an infrastructure block being operated on December 19 (Sunday) between Diva and Thane in connection with 5th and 6th Line work.
