Central Railway announces special blocks at Karjat, trains affected October 1–2

Central Railway will undertake special traffic and power blocks at Karjat station from September 26 to October 10 to carry out prenoninterlocking works as part of the Karjat yard remodelling projectThe blocks will impact train operations on October 1 and October 2 with multiple suburban and longdistance trains either cancelled shortterminated shortoriginated or rescheduled the railways said in a statement on MondayBlock timingsOctober 1 1120 AM to 520 PMOctober 2 1100 AM to 330 PMAffected section BhivpurindashJambrung CabinndashThakurvadindashNagnath CabinndashKarjatSuburban train servicesDuring the block period no suburban services will run between Karjat and KhopoliOctober 1 ndash Key DisruptionsCancelled localsDown KarjatndashKhopoli at 1200 1315 1539 hrsUp KhopolindashKarjat at 1120 1240 1455 hrsShortterminated localsSeveral CSMTndashKarjat trains will terminate at Neral Ambarnath or ThaneShortoriginated localsKarjatoriginating locals will instead depart from Neral Ambarnath or ThaneMailExpress Train disruptionsTrains like JodhpurndashHadapsar Express CSMTndashBhubaneswar Express CSMTndashHyderabad Express among others will face regulation controlled delays at various stationsRescheduled trains includeCSMTndashChennai Express from 1245 hrs to 1530 hrsLTTndashMadurai Express from 1315 hrs to 1600 hrsTrains following certain services such as EktanagarndashChennai Express and Deccan Queen may face delays of 15ndash20 minutes due to bunchingOctober 2 ndash Similar impactCancellations and short terminations continue for KarjatndashKhopoli suburban trainsMail and express trains like the CSMTndashChennai Express JodhpurndashHadapsar Express and LTTndashKakinada Express will be regulated en routeFurther 15ndash20 minute delays are expected for trains following major services like CSMTndashBhubaneshwar Express and CSMTndashHyderabad ExpressPassengers advised to check schedulesRailway authorities urged passengers to check updated train timings before travel and cooperate during the maintenance period which is essential for infrastructure upgrades and safetyWestern Railway to run five pairs of festival special trains from October 1 to November 30The Western Railway will operate Festival Special Trains on a special fare the Bandra TerminusndashSanganer Rajasthan IndoreKhadki IndorendashHazrat Nizamuddin SabarmatindashPatna and RajkotndashBarauni Bihar corridors to cater to the high passenger footfall during Durga Puja Diwali and Chhath PujaThe details of the trains are as followsBandra TerminusndashSanganer Superfast Weekly Special Train Nos 0902309024Duration 18 trips from October 2 to November 27Timings 09023 departs Bandra Terminus every Thursday at 445 pm reaching Sanganer at 1230 pm the next day Train 09024 departs Sanganer every Friday at 450 pm arriving Bandra Terminus at 1115 am next dayHalts Borivali Palghar Vapi Valsad Surat Bharuch Vadodara Ratlam Nagda Madhya Pradesh Chaumahla Rajasthan Shamgarh Madhya Pradesh Bhawani Mandi and Ramganj Mandi Rajasthan Kota and Sawai MadhopurCoaches AC 2Tier AC 3Tier AC 3Tier EconomySabarmatindashPatna Weekly Special Train Nos 0942709428Duration 18 trips from October 1 to November 26Timings 09427 departs Sabarmati every Wednesday at 610 pm reaching Patna at 1 am on Friday 09428 departs Patna every Friday at 440 am arriving Sabarmati at 955 am the next dayHalts Mahesana Palanpur Gujarat Abu Road Marwar Ajmer Jaipur Gandhi Nagar Jaipur Dausa Bharatpur Achhnera Idgah Agra Tundla Etawah Kanpur Central Prayagraj Jn Mirzapur Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Buxar Ara DanapurCoaches AC 3Tier