CR to operate two-hour night block between Kalyan and Ambarnath stations

The Central Railway CR on Thursday said it will operate a special traffic block on the Up and Down SouthEast lines on the KalyanAmbarnath section during the intervening night of December 2 and 3 for launching of Foot Over Bridge FOB girders at Ulhasnagar in Thane district reported news agency PTIThe block will be operated for two hours from 120 am to 320 am it saidDue to the block a few trains will be cancelled while a couple of late night trains will be shortterminated the CR said in a releaseThe last local before the block for Karjat from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus CSMT will depart CSMT at 1130 pm and the last local before the block for CSMT from Khopoli will depart Khopoli at 1115 pm it said adding that the departure time of the first local on Sunday morning was also revisedAll Up and Down services towards SouthEast will remain cancelled between Kalyan and Ambarnath stations during the block period the CR release saidMeanwhile the Western Railway on Thursday said that it will operate over 3 hours night block on the weekend and there will be a no day block over the Western Railway on SundayIn an official statement the Western Railway said to carry out maintenance work of tracks signaling and overhead equipment a jumbo Block of 330 hours will be operated from 0000 hrs to 0330 hrs at Vasai Road Yard including all Goods line during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday ie on 01st02nd December 2023The Western Railway said Therefore there will be a no block in the day time over Western Railway suburban section on Sunday 03rd December 202390 passengers of special train complain of food poisoning treated at Pune stationAs many as 90 passengers on board a special train between Chennai and Palitana suffered from food poisoning railway officials said on Wednesday reported PTIDoctors attended to all the passengers at Pune railway station in Maharashtra on Tuesday evening and provided them necessary treatment The train left for its onward journey after 50 minutes they said reported PTIThe Bharat Gaurav train was privately booked by a group for a religious function at Palitana in Gujarat Central Railways chief public relations officer Dr Shivraj Manaspure said reported PTIThe group had procured the food privately and it was not supplied by the Railways or the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation IRCTC he said reported PTIThe food consumed by the passengers was prepared in the pantry car he saidAround 80 to 90 passengers from a coach complained of food poisoning between Solapur and Pune They complained of nausea loose motions and headache the official said reported PTIAt Pune station a team of doctors attended to all the passengers and provided them treatment on board he said reported PTIThe train departed after 50 minutes The condition of all the passengers was stable the official said reported PTIWith inputs from PTI