Mumbai local update: Central Railway completes platform widening work at Thane after 63-hour mega block
Approximately 1800 local trains run daily across its four corridors: Main, Harbour, Trans-Harbour, and Uran, catering to over 30 lakh commuters.
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On Sunday, June 2, the Central Railway said it has completed widening work of platforms 5 and 6 at Thane.
The CR provided information regarding the special block for infrastructure upgrades at Thane Station. It said that platform 5/6 has been enlarged by 2-3 metres along a length of 587 metres. The Central Railway had started a 63-hour megablock at Thane Railway Station and a 36-hour special block at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
The mega block began at midnight on May 30-31 (Thursday-Friday night). The platform widening project involved the use of 750 pre-cast hollow blocks and required the coordination of 400 workers, 20 teams and 10 contractors, a CR official said. As many as 935 trains were cancelled during the 63-hour period, the official said.
“A 63-hour mega block for the widening of platform nos 5 and 6 (in Thane) will start from Thursday midnight while a 36-hour block for the works related to the extension of platform nos 10 and 11 (at CSMT) will kick in from Friday midnight,” Rajneesh Goyal, divisional railway manager of Central Railway's Mumbai division, told in a press conference on Wednesday.
Mumbai Local trains
During this mega block, the railway cancelled 930 local trains including 161 on Friday (May 31), 534 on Saturday (June 1), and 235 on Sunday (June 2).
Approximately 1800 local trains run daily across its four corridors: Main, Harbour, Trans-Harbour, and Uran, catering to over 30 lakh commuters.
Various mail-express and suburban trains also short-terminated and short-originated from Wadala, Dadar, Thane, Pune, Panvel, and Nashik stations.
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