Lower Parel Railway Station to Remain Shut For 11 Hours Due to Demolition of Delisle Road Bridge; Mega Block for Mumbai Local Trains on Western Line

Mumbai, February 2: Mumbai's Lower Parel Railway Station will remain shut for 11 hours - from 10 pm today to 9 am tomorrow- to carry out the demolition of the Delisle Road Bridge. A total of 205 local trains and 23 long-distance trains have been cancelled for the said period. During the demolition of the bridge, local trains will be terminated at Dadar. Mumbai Mega Block on February 3: Commuters to Face Inconvenience As Local Trains on Western Line to Be Affected, BEST to Help Mumbaikars.

In addition to this, no fast local train between Dadar and Churchgate, and no slow local train between Bandra and Churchgate will run. Many long-distance trains will be terminated at Dadar instead of at the Mumbai Central railway station. Details of trains that will be cancelled or rescheduled have been tweeted by the Western Railway.

During the major block, all fast local trains will run between Dadar and Virar/Dahanu Road station, Besides, all slow trains will run between Bandra and Borivali/Bhayandar/Virar only. Below is the list of last trains leaving from Churchgate, Borivali and Virar on Saturday night:

• The last slow local train from Churchgate in down direction train no Borivali 91175 will depart from Churchgate at 9:39 pm and will arrive at Borivali at 10:46 pm.
• The last fast local train from Churchgate in down direction train no Virar 91179 will depart from Churchgate at 9:44 pm and arrive at Virar at 11:10 pm.
• The last slow local train in up direction will be the train no Borivali 91102 which will depart from Borivali at 8:56 pm and arrive at Churchgate at 10:03 pm.
• The last fast local train in up direction will be the train no Virar 91116 which will depart from Virar at 8:35 pm and arrive at Churchgate at 9:57 pm.

Meanwhile, on Harbour Line, train services will also be disrupted due to Mega block. Down Harbour line services to Panvel/Belapur/Vashi leaving CSMT from 10:03 am to 3:16 pm & Up Harbour line services for CSMT leaving Panvel/Belapur/Vashi from 11:06 am to 3:41 pm will remain cancelled. However, special trains will be run on CSMT-Mankhurd section during the block period. Harbour Line passengers are permitted to travel via Trans-Harbour/Main Line from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm.

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