Mumbai Local Train Update: WR cancels Churchgate-Mumbai Central 'Jumbo' block

In view of the Major Block being undertaken over Central Railway and for the convenience of commuters Western Railway has cancelled the Jumbo Block which was scheduled to be undertaken on UP amp DOWN Fast lines between Churchgate and Mumbai Central Local stations on SundayEarlier on Friday Western Railway had announced a five hour jumbo block will be in place between Churchgate and Mumbai Central Local stations on Sunday for maintenance work said on FridayThe block was to be effective on June 2 from 1035am to 335pm for Up and Down fast lines between the mentioned stationsAccording to the press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur Chief Public Relations Officer Western Railway during the block period all fast line trains would have been run on slow lines between Churchgate and Mumbai Central Local stationsDue to this block some suburban trains in up and down direction would have remained cancelled Due to this some up and down suburban trains would have remained cancelled and some Churchgate trains will be short terminatedreversed at BandraDadar stationsThe Western Railway has requested Passengers to keep the above arrangements in mind while starting their journey during the weekendMumbai local train update Central Railways 63hour long ThaneMumbai mega block to affect services from May 31The Central Railway will be undertaking a 63hour mega block from May 30 at midnight for platform extension work for the Mumbai local train network said officials As per the PTI report the development will affect the services of Mumbai local trains and the work schedule for commutersThe mega block will be used for platform extension and widening operations at the CSMT and Thane stations the news agency report statedThe news agency report stated that the railways have appealed to the commuters to avoid travelling in local trains if not necessary since services of longdistance trains and Mumbai local trains will be affectedDivisional Railway Manager of CRs Mumbai division Rajneesh Goyal was quoted in the PTI report as saying A 63hour mega block for the widening of platform nos 5 and 6 in Thane will start from Thursday midnight while a 36hour block for the works related to the extension of platform nos 10 and 11 at CSMT will kick in from Friday midnightCentral Railways Chief Public Relations officer Swapnil Nila per the PTI report confirmed that 72 mailexpress trains and 956 Mumbai local trains on the main and Harmour lines will be cancelled from Friday to SundayThe report quoted him saying that several mailexpress and Mumbai local trains would be shortterminated and shortrouted from Wadala Dadar Pune Panvel and NashikThere will be unavoidable cancellation of suburban trains Hence we request all the establishments to give your staff the opportunity to work from home or any other means possible to reduce the number of passengers on these days Nila saidHe stated that the Railways has asked the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport BEST and the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation MSRTC to operate additional buses for the convenience of passengersMeanwhile following the derailment of a freight train at Palghar railway station in Maharashtra the Western Railway WR has delayed or rescheduled multiple trains Restoration work is still ongoing after more than 15 hours according to officials on Wednesday