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Central Railway pulls off a Houdini’s Act at Sandhurst Road
Updated On: 22 March, 2022 07:18 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Working only during the night for 4 months, replaces century-old bridge without train disruptions

Workers install a new girder made at Central Railway Engineering Workshop at Manmad
The harbour line bridge at Sandhurst Road railway station—India's first rail flyover—has been rebuilt, under the cover of darkness, without stopping the city's lifeline that runs at a four-minute frequency. The original girders made at Glasgow, England have been replaced by Make-in-India ones manufactured at Manmad.
The Central Railway on Monday announced that the work on the 100-year-old bridge is complete. It used to be a ballasted deck slab which was replaced by channel sleepers in 1987. This time, the entire bridge has been replaced slowly and steadily.
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