Central Railway announces 12-day blocks at Kasara from Oct 7, several trains to remain affected; check details here

Central Railway will operate special traffic and power blocks at Kasara for 12 days from October 7 to 18 to carry out work related to the AsangaonKasara third line project and the extension of the UP yard line towards Igatpuri an official statement saidThe railway has announced changes to suburban Mail and Express train services during the first phase of the work from October 7 to 9The blocks are being carried out for preNonInterlocking NI NonInterlocking and postNI work at Kasara YardSuburban services between Asangaon and Kasara will not be available during the block periods it saidOn October 7 and 8 several CSMTKasara locals will be shortterminated at Asangaon The CSMTKasara locals departing CSMT at 110 pm 217 pm 246 pm and 450 pm will terminate at AsangaonSimilarly KasaraCSMT locals scheduled to leave Kasara at 335 pm 416 pm 502 pm and 617 pm will instead originate from Asangaon at 412 pm 454 pm 539 pm and 654 pm respectivelyThe last local from CSMT to Kasara before the block on October 7 and 8 will depart at 1230 pm while the last KasaraCSMT local will leave Kasara at 242 pm the statement saidThe first CSMTKasara local after the block will depart CSMT at 628 pm while the first KasaraCSMT local will leave Kasara at 835 pmFour suburban trains cancelledFour suburban services will be cancelled during the overnight block on October 8 and 9These are CSMTKasara local departing CSMT at 1047 pm on October 8 CSMTKasara local departing CSMT at 1208 am on October 9 TitwalaThane local departing Titwala at 1114 pm on October 8 KasaraCSMT local departing Kasara at 351 am on October 9The last CSMTKasara local before the overnight block will depart CSMT at 932 pm while the last KasaraCSMT local will leave Kasara at 10 pmThe first CSMTKasara local after the block will depart at 419 am while the first KasaraCSMT local will leave Kasara at 459 amLongdistance trains rescheduledSeveral Mail and Express trains will also be rescheduledThe affected services include the LTTBanaras Express LTTPatliputra Express CSMTAmritsar Express CSMTBanaras Mahanagri Express and LTTGorakhpur Kushinagar ExpressAmong the changes 12167 LTTBanaras Express on October 8 will depart LTT at 4 am on October 9 12141 LTTPatliputra Express on October 8 will depart LTT at 415 am on October 9 11057 CSMTAmritsar Express on October 8 will depart CSMT at 4 am on October 9 22177 CSMTBanaras Mahanagri Express on October 9 will depart CSMT at 415 am 22538 LTTGorakhpur Kushinagar Express on October 9 will depart CSMT at 430 amSeveral trains to be regulatedSeveral longdistance trains will be regulated at Igatpuri Khardi and Atgaon during the blockThe GorakhpurLTT Express will be regulated at Igatpuri for 1 hour and 45 minutes on October 7 while the Gomti NagarCSMT Pushpak Express will be regulated for 1 hour and 40 minutes on October 7 and 8The Ayodhya CanttLTT Express will be regulated at Igatpuri for 1 hour and 45 minutes on October 8The BalliaDadar Express and ShalimarLTT Jananeshwari Express will also be regulated at Igatpuri during the overnight block on October 9The DadarGorakhpur Express will be regulated at Khardi for one hour while the LTTRajgir Express will be regulated at Atgaon for 30 minutes on October 8Several trains on the Bhusaval Division will also face regulation of between 30 minutes and 1 hour 25 minutesMore trains likely to be delayedCentral Railway said several trains could be delayed due to regulation and bunching of servicesThe affected trains include the Sainagar ShirdiCSMT Vande Bharat Express Kamayani Express AmritsarCSMT Express Kushinagar Express JaynagarLTT Express PanvelGorakhpur Express and LTTSitapur Express among othersServices affected on October 8 include the LTTGorakhpur Express LTTRani Kamlapati Express and LTTChhapra Antyoday ExpressThe CSMTNagpur Sevagram Express CSMTBalharshah Nandigram Express and CSMTHowrah Duronto Express are also expected to face delays on October 7 and 8Central Railway said details of the blocks after October 89 would be announced laterThird line projectThe AsangaonKasara third line is part of the larger third and fourth line project between Kasara and KalyanAccording to Central Railway the additional line will help segregate Mail and Express trains from suburban services increase line capacity and improve the regulation and movement of trainsThe railway said the full operational benefits would be available after the entire project is completed and commissionedCentral Railway has requested passengers to bear with the administration for the inconvenience caused during the infrastructure work