The Mumbai division of Central Railway (CR) had taken a 24-hour megablock from Sunday morning, January 2 till Monday, January 3 between Kalwa and Diva railway stations on the fifth and sixth lines.
Owing to this, nearly 200 local trains and 14 outstation trains were cancelled by CR.
Moreover, Shivaji Sutar, CR Public Relations Officer, Central Railway, in a tweet stated that the local train operations may get delayed due to caution speed orders imposed.
In his tweet, the he said: "Due to cut and connection work at various locations near Diva and Kalva, trains on the slow railway corridor, especially Diva and Thane railway stations, may run 7-8 minutes late for the next 3-4 days. We will try to relax the caution orders as soon as possible.”
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According to railway authorities, two more major blocks are also expected to be operated by the Central Railways to complete the connection work.
Once the construction work of the Thane and Diva fifth and sixth railway lines is completed, the Central Railway will be able to operate 100 new local train services.
The fifth and sixth railway lines project between Thane and Diva is a part of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP 2B) that got approval in 2008.
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