Mumbai Local News: 27 hours special block on weekend as CR set to dismantle Carnac Bridge

Anil Kumar Lahoti, General Manager, Central Railways (CR) will be reviewing the details of impending dismantling work of Carnac Road Over Bridge to be done o­n November 19/20, 2022.

Owing to this, CR announces 27 hours Special Traffic and Power Block on Saturday/Sunday for dismantling of Carnac Road Over Bridge:

From 11:00 pm of 19.11.2022 (Saturday) to 04:00pm of 20.11.2022 (Sunday) on UP & DN Local Line

From 11:00 pm of 19.11.2022 (Saturday) to 04:00pm of 20.11.2022 (Sunday) on UP & DN Fast Line

From 11:00pm of 19.11.2022 (Saturday) to 08:00pm of 20.11.2022 (Sunday) on UP & DN Harbour Line

All set for dismantling of Carnac Bridge from 19.11.2022 night to 21.11.202 wee hours. Stones with inscriptions mentioning the year of construction can also be seen. @RailMinIndia pic.twitter.com/zOMKk0BkIi

— Central Railway (@Central_Railway) November 18, 2022

BLOCK ON CSMT - MASJID

Special Suburban Sevice will run from BY, PR, DR, CLA, on Main line Special Suburban Sevice will run from VDLR on Harbour line.

Railways in coordination with Municipal Authorities have arranged buses for the benefit of passengers.

Lines and UP & DN Harbour Lines between CSMT-MASJID Station at KM 0/1-2 for dismantling of Carnac Road Over Bridge using Road crane.

The Block details are as under:

BLOCK DURATION

UP & DN Slow lines: 23:00 hrs (Saturday-19.11.2022) to 16:00 hrs (Sunday-20.11.2022)= 17.00 hrs; UP & DN Fast lines: 23.00 hrs (Saturday-19.11.2022) to 16:00 hrs (Sunday-20.11.2022) 17.00 hrs: UP & DN Harbour lines: 23:00 hrs (Saturday-19.11.2022) to 20:00 hrs (Sunday-20.11.2022) 21.00 hrs: 7" Line and yard: 23.00 hrs (Saturday-19.11.2022) to 02.00 hrs (Monday-21.11.2022) 27.00 hrs Train Services will not run on: UP & DN Harbour lines: VADALA ROAD to CSMT; UP & DN Slow lines: BYCULLA to CSMT; UP & DN Fast lines: BYCULLA to CSMT

REPERCUSSION ON TRAIN SERVICES

- CANCELLATION OF SUBURBAN TRAINS

Suburban services will not be available between BYCULLA & CSMT

on Main line and VADALA ROAD & CSMT on Harbour line during the block period. UP and DN suburban services on Main Line will be short terminated/originated at BYCULLA, PAREL, DADAR and KURLA stations. Suburban trains will be run at less frequency between Byculla, Parel, Dadar, Kurla to Thane and beyond.

UP and DN suburban services on Harbour Line will be short terminated/originated at VADALA ROAD station. Suburban trains will be run at less frequency between Vadala Road and Kurla and beyond. AC services running on Sunday will not be available. Adequate buses have been requested to run by the Municipalities in the block affected areas.

- CANCELLATION OF MAIL/EXPRESS TRAINS

Train Cancelled on 19.11.2022; Train Nos: 12128, 17618, 12702, 12112, 17058, 17412, 17611, 12187; Trains Cancelled on 20.11.2022; Train Nos: 17617, 12127, 11007, 12071, 12188, 11009, 02101, 12125, 11401, 12123, 12109, 17612, 12111, 17411, 11010, 12124, 12110, 12126, 02102, 12072, 17057, 12701, 11008, 12128, 17618; Trains Cancelled on 21.11.2022; Train Nos: 17617, 12127, 11402

- SHORT ORIGINATION OF DN TRAINS

Trains will leave from Dadar on 19.11.2022; Train Nos: 22157, 11057;

Trains will leave from Dadar on 20.11.2022; Train Nos: 22177, 12051, 22105, 22119, 12859, 12534, 12869, 22159, 11019, 22732, 22221, 12261, 12105, 12137, 12289, 22107, 12809, 12322, 22157, 11057; Trains will leave from Dadar on 21.11.2022; Train No: 22177; Trains will leave from Nashik Road on 20.11.2022; Train No: 12139; Trains will leave from Panvel; Train Nos: 10111, 10103, 12133, 10111; Trains will leave from Pune on 20.11.2022; Train Nos: 11301, 11029, 16331, 11139, 12115

- SHORT TERMINATION OF UP TRAINS

Trains will short terminate at Dadar JCO 18.11.2022; Train Nos: 12533, 12870, 11058, 11020, 12810, 12138, 12321; Trains will short terminate at Dadar JCO 19.11.2022; Train Nos: 22106, 12052, 22120, 11402, 22158, 12106, 22144, 11058, 12533, 12290, 22178, 22222, 22160, 22731, 12860; Trains will short terminate at Dadar JCO 20.11.2022; Train Nos: 22120, 12052, 22106; Trains will short terminate at Nashik Road JCO 19.11.2022; Train No: 12140; Trains will short terminate at Panvel; Train Nos: 10104, 12134, 10112, 10104; Trains will short terminate at Pune JCO 19.11.2022; Train Nos: 11140, 12116, 16332, 11302, 11030

Adequate refund counters will be opened at major junctions and station for the convenience of passengers. Helpdesk will also be opened for guiding the passengers.

Guiding the officers, Lahoti said that all Departments i.e construction, Engineering, Electrical, Operating, Commercial and RPF should ensure proper management of Block. He also said that all dismantling related works should be completed at the targeted time.

To ensure smooth and disruption free services during the block, Lahoti said that Proper & regular announcement of the short termination/short origination of Mail/Express trains & Suburban trains should be made and emphasised o­n using Bulk SMS to all passengers regarding short termination/ short origination of their respective trains.

During the meeting, the General Manager also instructed about the arrangements of help desks at major stations & proper bus arrangements to be done in coordination with BEST and MSRTC for the convenience of the passengers.

BEST will operate extra buses on routes connecting Central Main & Harbour line Stns to facilitate the journey of rail commuters btwn CSMT & Byculla as well as Wadala Stns during the 27 hr Special block on @Central_Railway CSMT to Byculla/Wadala on 19th & 20th Nov.22. #bestupdates

— BEST Bus Transport (@myBESTBus) November 17, 2022

Ensuring the safety aspects, RPF should coordinate with GRP and State Police and sufficient force personnel to be deputed at various stations during the Block period.

Regarding the Dismantling preparation, Lahoti also instructed the officials to thoroughly pre-check the machines and ensure their proper functioning.

Manoj Sharma Chief Administrative Officer (Construction), Mukul Jain, Principal Chief Operations Manager, Rajesh Arora, Principal Chief Engineer, N P Singh, Principal Chief Electrical Engineer, A.K. Shrivastav Principal Chief Signal & Telecom Engineer, Ajoy Sadany, Principal Chief Security Commissioner, R. K. Goyal, Divisional Railway Manager, H.S. Chaturvedi Chief Engineer (Construction), Ity Pandey, Chief Commercial Manager (PS), K.N. Singh, Chief Commercial Manager (PM) and other Officers were present o­n the occasion.