Central Railway to operate special traffic and power block on Saturday, Sunday; check complete details 

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The Central Railway on Friday said that it will operate special traffic and power blocks on Saturday, Sunday.

In a statement, the Central Railway said, the Central Railway will operate special traffic and power block on 5th and 6th line and Up/Down slow and fast line for launching of first open web girders for Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation India Ltd bridge no RFO-6 (parallel to existing Central Railway bridge no 48/2) between Kopar and Thakurli stations on 08/09.4.2023 (Sat/Sun mid-night) from 01.35 hrs to 05.05 hrs.
The Central Railway also shared the details of the traffic and power block.

Shadow Blocks :

Central Railway will also operate Shadow blocks for :-
• Launching of girders for Road Over Bridge at Titwala Up / Down line and EMU sidings on the above dates from 01.00 hrs to 04.45 hrs.
• Site acceptance test for modification of Electronic Interlocking (Dual Visual Display) at Vasind on Up / Down lines from 02.00 hrs to 04.30 hrs.

Due to this the train running pattern will be as under:-

Suburban

• Suburban services between Thane and Karjat / Kasara will remain cancelled from 00.20 hrs to 05.00 hrs.
• Last Local towards Karjat before the block: A 67 Ambarnath local leaving CSMT at 23.51 hrs.
• Last Local towards Kasara before the block: TL 63 Titwala local leaving CSMT at 22.50 hrs.
• First Local towards CSMT after the block: Special CSMT local leaving Karjat at 04.10 hrs.
• First Local towards CSMT after the block: N4 CSMT local leaving Kasara at 04.59 hrs.

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Long Distance Trains

Regulation / Diversion of Down trains
• 11087 Veraval-Pune express will be regulated at Bhiwandi for 1 hour
• 22177 CSMT-Varanasi express and 22538 LTT-Gorakhpur express will be diverted on slow line between Thane and Kalyan stations

Regulation of Up trains
• 18030 Shalimar-LTT express will be regulated at Asangaon station from 02.37 hrs to 04.30 hrs and will arrive destination 1 hour 50 minutes later than its scheduled time.
• 12810 Howrah-CSMT express will be regulated at Atgaon station from 02.38 hrs to 04.25 hrs and will arrive destination 1 hour 40 minutes later than its scheduled time.
• 20104 Gorakhpur-LTT express will be regulated at Khardi station from 02.55 hrs to 04.25 hrs and will arrive destination 1 hour 30 minutes later than its scheduled time.
• 11402 Adilabad-CSMT express and 12152 Shalimar-LTT express will be regulated at Kasara station from 03.23 hrs to 04.30 hrs and will arrive destination 1 hour 50 minutes later than its scheduled time.
• 12112 Amravati-CSMT express and 12106 Gondia-CSMT express will be regulated at Igatpuri station from 03.35 hrs to 04.25 hrs and will arrive at their destination 50 minutes to 1 hour later than its scheduled time.

Following Up trains will be diverted via Karjat-Panvel-Diva route
• 11020 Bhubhaneshwar-CSMT express
• 18519 Vishakapatnam-LTT express
• 12702 Hyderabad-CSMT express
• 11140 Gadag-CSMT express
• 22158 Chennai-CSMT express
• 11022 Tirunelveli-Dadar express

17058 Up Devgiri express, 12618 Up Mangala-Lakshwadeep express, 12138 Up Punjab Mail will arrive at their destinations 15 to 20 mins behind scheduled time and all Mail/Express/Holiday special trains arriving late will be regulated / re-scheduled as per operational requirement.

"The passengers are requested to bear with the Railway Administration for the inconvenience caused due to these infrastructure blocks," the Central Railway said.