Mumbai: Western Railway to operate mega block between Santacruz and Goregaon on Sunday

Mumbai local train services are likely to be affected on Sunday as the Western Railway will be operating a jumbo block on February 23 the Western Railway said on FridayIn an official statement by the Western Railway said that to carry out maintenance work of tracks signaling and overhead equipment a Jumbo Block of five hours will be taken on up and down fast lines between Santacruz and Goregaon stationsThe jumbo block will be operated from 1000 hrs to 1500 hrs on Sunday the Western Railway said in the statementAccording to a press release issued by Sumit Thakur ndashChief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway during the block period suburban services will be operated on Slow lines between Santacruz and Goregaon stationsThe press release further said that some of Borivali trains will run up to Goregaon station and some suburban trains will remain cancelled during the blockDetailed information to this effect is available with concerned station masters the Western Railway saidAlso Read 4 killed as car veers off road flips over three times on PuneSolarpur highwayCentral Railways mega block on Feb 26Meanwhile the Central Railway on Friday said that it will operate Mega Block on its suburban sections for carrying out various engineering and maintenance works on February 26 on Matunga Mulund Up and Down Slow Lines From 1100 am To 355 pmDown slow line services leaving Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai from 1014 am to 318 pm will be diverted on Down fast line between Matunga and Mulund stations and will halt at Sion Kurla Ghatkopar Vikhroli Bhandup and Mulund stations Further will be rediverted on proper slow line at Mulund station and will arrive destination 15 minutes later than scheduled arrivalUp slow line services leaving Thane from 1058 am to 359 pm will be diverted on Up fast line between Mulund and Matunga and will halt at Mulund Bhandup Vikhroli Ghatkopar Kurla and Sion stations Further will be rediverted on proper Up slow line and will arrive destination 15 minutes later than scheduled arrivalPanvel Vashi Up and Down harbour lines from 1105 am to 405 pmExcluding BelapurNerulKharkopar lineUp Harbour line services towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai leaving Panvel from 1033 am to 349 pm and Down Harbour line services to PanvelBelapur leaving Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai from 945 am to 312 pm will remain cancelledUp Transharbour line services towards Thane leaving Panvel from 1102 am to 353 pm and Down Transharbour line services towards Panvel leaving Thane from 1001 am to 320 pm will remain cancelledSpecial local trains will run on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai ndash Vashi section during the block periodTransharbour line services will be available between ThaneVashiNerul stations during the block periodLocal train services between Belapur Kharkopar and Nerul ndash Kharkopar will run as per schedule during the block periodPassengers are requested to bear with the Railway Administration for the inconvenience caused due to this maintenance blockTraffic Blocks for Maintenance work on VanganiNeral Down LineIn an another press release the Central Railway said that its Mumbai Division will operate a special traffic block for working of Engineering machines BCM Duomatic and DGS in Down Line between Vangani and Neral stations on from the midnight of 2402202325022023 to 0303202304032023 from 0150 am to 0450 am 3 hours The details are as underRunning pattern of suburban trains on all 7 daysKarjat Local leaving from CSMT at 0024 hrs will be short terminated at BadlapurCSMT Local leaving from Karjat at 0233 hrs will run from BadlapurPassengers are requested to bear with the railway administration for the inconvenience caused due to these infrastructure blocks