The Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) carried out a successful load deflection test of the new rail bridge over the Thane creek, by running four locomotives over it, on the weekend. The new creek bridge—in two sets—and slow lines of Thane station will be opened to the public on today. The 36-hour work that began on Saturday afternoon was to be completed today by 2 am.

“During the test, readings were taken to check if any deflections were within parameters as per the bridge design standards by running locos on it at different speeds. During this block, the west side newly laid track between Thane and Vitawa Road Under Bridge (RUB) was cut and connected to the existing slow lines. Similarly, dismantling of existing four turnouts and insertion and commissioning of four new turnouts was also carried out with overhead and signalling work at Thane yard. A load deflection test on two girder bridges near Thane using twin diesel engines on each track was successfully conducted,” a spokesperson of the MRVC said.