Western Railway to operate jumbo block of four hours between Jogeshwari and Kandivali stations on Sunday, check details

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The Western Railway on Friday, while sharing Mumbai local train updates, said that it will operate a jumbo block of four hours on the 5th line between Jogeshwari and Kandivali stations.

In an official statement, the Western Railway said that to carry out maintenance work of tracks, overhead and signalling equipment, a jumbo block of four hours will be taken on the 5th line from 09.30 am to 13.30 pm on Sunday, February 2.

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According to issued by Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, Vineet Abhishek, during the block period, all Mail/Express trains originating from Bandra Terminus will run on Down Fast line between Andheri and Borivali stations, hence will be dealt with Platform No. 6 at Borivali station.

Due to this, some suburban services will remain cancelled. Detailed information to this effect is available with concerned Station Masters. Passengers are requested to take note of the above arrangements, the Western Railway said.

Western Railway completes Phase-I of rebuilding bridge between Mahim and Bandra railway stations

Meanwhile, the Western Railway on Monday announced the successful completion of the first phase of bridge No. 20 between Mahim and Bandra railway stations in Mumbai.

On the intervening night of January 24-25 and January 25-26, Western Railway took major blocks to rebuild the south abutment of the bridge.

In an official statement, the Western Railway said, the major blocks of 9 hrs 30 mins each taken on two successive nights lead to completion of phase-I of rebuilding of the south abutment of Bridge No. 20 on the Mithi River between Mahim and Bandra stations.

In the first phase of this work, four sets of RH girders of 20.4 m length, weighing 42 tonnes were launched with cranes. Excavation of approximately 2.5 m was carried out under the railway tracks during the block period, the Western Railway said.

This was done through trucks and other machinery on running tracks, as there is no direct approach to the site. The execution work was undertaken with the help of various advanced machines, such as 700 tonne capacity cranes, excavators, dumper trucks, hydra lift, tamping machines etc.