Central Railway Announces Special Traffic Block On Gudi Padwa; Check Routes

Mumbai: The Central Railway announced a special traffic block and power block on 29th and 30th March. The update was shared by the Central Railway on Tuesday. The block will be carried out between the Kalyan to Badlapur routes and will be aimed at facilitating the de-launching of girders for the road overbridge.

The block will start from the night of March 29 and end on March 30. The mega block was announced by the official statement from the Central Railway in a press release that they are operating a power block on the UP and DOWN South-East. The motive of the block is to de-laughing the 4 girders of the Road Over Bridges (ROB).

As per the statement issued by the Central Railway, the block will start from Saturday night 01.30 hrs till midnight of Sunday 04.30hrs. The early morning block will be between Ambarnath and Badlapur stations.

Repercussions due to the Block will be as follows:

 Diversion of UP Mail/Express Trains

Following trains will be diverted via Karjat-Panvel-Diva .

•Train no 11020 Bhubaneshwar  – CSMT Konark Express,

•Train no 18519 Vishakhapatnam – LTT Express,

•Train no 12702 Hyderabad – CSMT Hussainsagar Express,

•Train no 11140 Hosapete – CSMT Express and 

•Train no 22158 Chennai-CSMT Express.

Trains having scheduled halt at Kalyan will be provided halt at Thane for the benefit of Kalyan bound passengers 

Regulation of UP Mail/Express Trains

•Train no 22178, Secunderabad-Rajkot Express will be regulated at Vangani station from 04.10 hrs to 04.30 hrs.

•Train no 11022 Tirunelveli-Dadar Express will be regulated at Neral station from 04.17 hrs to 04.27 hrs.

Mail / Express trains / Holiday Specials running late  will be diverted as per operational requirement. 

Working of Suburban Trains during the block period:

Suburban services will not be available between Ambarnath and Karjat stations during the block period.

Extension / Short Termination / Short Origination of Suburban Trains

•PA3 Parel-Ambarnath local leaving Parel at 23.13 hrs will be extended to run upto Badlapur.

•BL61 CSMT-Badlapur local leaving CSMT at 23.51 hrs will be short terminated at Ambarnath.

•S1 CSMT-Karjat local leaving CSMT at 00.12 hrs will be short terminated at Ambarnath.

•S2 Karjat- CSMT local leaving Karjat at 02.30 hrs will short orginate from Ambarnath and will depart Ambarnath at 03.10 hrs.

•Special Karjat-CSMT special will be run leaving Karjat at 04.10 hrs and arriving CSMT at 06.08 hrs.

These blocks are crucial for maintaining infrastructure and ensuring safety.

Passengers are kindly requested to bear with the Railway Administration for any inconvenience caused.