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Central Railway starts work on century-old Sandhurst bridge

Railway has planned to re-girder eight spans of the bridge, which was built in 1923; work on two spans done on Sunday; remaining to be done during upcoming train blocks

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Workers replace century-old spans at Sandhurst Road station, country’s first two-tier station

Workers replace century-old spans at Sandhurst Road station, country’s first two-tier station

A Century on, Central Railway began the process of replacing and strengthening the original Glasgow-built elevated harbour line bridge at Sandhurst Road railway station on Sunday. The station, built on a rail flyover, has its name in history books for being the country's first two-tier station.

The bridge, constructed from 1921 to 1923, was built by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway company and operated India's first electric railway trains. “The bridge is about 100 years old. It was constructed in 1923. It used to be a ballasted deck slab which was replaced by channel (metal) sleepers in 1987,” said Central Railway’s chief public relations officer Shivaji Sutar.

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