The Western Railway Authority has announced that a few trains will be affected in order to follow through with major technical upgradation work at Dahanu Road station on 16 August.
Western Railway Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Sumeet Thakur said, “Western Railway will have 3 hours mega block at Dahanu Road station for technical upgradation. This block will start at 8.50 am today and will be over by 11.50 am.”
The official announced that a few long-distance trains and Mumbai suburban trains will be affected by this block. He further added that trains will be regulated, and terminated in the midst of the 3-hour mega block at the Dahanu Road station.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Western Railway transformed 49 local train services from 12-car to 15-car services starting from August 15.
The Western Railway took to social media platform ‘X’, formerly known as Twitter and said, “In an initiative to provide better train services over Mumbai Suburban section, WR has converted 49 local train services of 12-car to 15-car services, w.e.f 15.08.23. There will be no change in the total number of services, i.e. 1394 services including 79 AC local services.”
The Western Railway, earlier, had also cancelled some AC local train services because of some technical issues in one of the AC local which was being fixed at the car shed.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Western Railway issued a statement saying, “It may kindly be noted that the AC services which are cancelled due to technical issues in one of the AC local which is being rectified at the car shed.”