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Western Railway to operate jumbo block between Vasai Road and Vaitarna on Friday night

Updated on: 24 August,2023 05:41 PM IST  |  Mumbai
mid-day online correspondent |

A jumbo block of three hours will be taken on up and down fast lines between Vasai Road and Vaitarna on the intervening night of Aug 25 and 26, the WR said

Western Railway to operate jumbo block between Vasai Road and Vaitarna on Friday night

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The Western Railway on Thursday said that it will operate a night block between Vasai Road and Vaitarna on the intervening night of August 25 and 26. 


In an official statement, the Western Railway said that to carry out maintenance work of tracks, signalling and overhead equipment, a jumbo block of three hours will be taken on up and down fast lines between Vasai Road and Vaitarna stations on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday i.e. on August 25 and 26. 


According to a press release issued by Sumit Thakur, Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, the block on up fast line will be undertaken from 23.50 hrs to 02.50 hrs while on down fast line will be from 01.30 hrs to 04.30 hrs. Due to the block, Train No. 19101 Virar – Bharuch MEMU departing from Virar at 04.35 hrs will leave at 04.50 hrs instead.


Detailed information to this effect is available in concerned Station Master’s office, the Western Railway said.

"There will be no block in the day time over Western Railway suburban section on Sunday, August 27, 2023," the Western Railway said.

In an another statement, the Western Railway on Tuesday said that some trains will be affected due to a power block between Atul and Valsad stations.

In a statement, the Western Railways said that due to two hours power block on 24th August, 2023 from 11.25 hrs to 13.25 hrs, for launching of 36m composite girder of Valsad ROB between Atul and Valsad, few Western Railway trains will be cancelled and regulated.

According to a press release issued by Sumit Thakur – Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, the details of these trains are as under: 

Cancellation of Trains - 

1.    Train No. 09154 Valsad – Umargam MEMU

2.    Train No. 09153 Umargam - Valsad MEMU

Regulation of Trains- 

1.    Train No. 09724 Bandra Terminus – Jaipur Weekly Special will be regulated by 55 mins.

2.    Train No. 19015 Dadar – Porbandar Saurashtra Express will be regulated by 00.35 mins.

3.    Train No. 12926 Amritsar – Mumbai Central Paschim Express will be regulated by 01.40 hrs.

4.    Train No. 22954 Ahmedabad – Mumbai Central Gujarat Express will be regulated by 01.30 hrs.

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