Several Western Railway locals cancelled today for Virar-Dahanu quadrupling work

Palghar: Western Railway services on the Dahanu line are disrupted on Sunday, October 11, as electronic interlocking is commissioned at Vangaon station as part of the Virar-Dahanu Road quadrupling project. Several local trains have been cancelled outright, and others will run only part of their routes.

The Churchgate-Dahanu Road local 93015 and the Virar-Dahanu Road locals 93021 and 93025 will terminate at Boisar, and the Churchgate-Dahanu Road local 93203 at Palghar. Trains 93018 and 93028 will start from Boisar. The Borivali-Vatva train 19417 will start from Vapi, the Virar-Surat 19001 from Valsad and the Virar-Bilimora 59039 from Dahanu Road, while the Surat-Virar 19002 will terminate at Dahanu Road.

Six long-distance trains from Bandra Terminus and Dadar have been rescheduled. The Bandra Terminus-Amritsar 12925 will leave an hour and a half late, the Bandra Terminus-Delhi Sarai Rohilla 12216 an hour and 45 minutes late and the Bandra Terminus-Jodhpur 12480 an hour late, while the Dadar-Hanumangarh 14708, Bandra Terminus-Veraval 19217 and Bandra Terminus-Vadodara 12933 will each leave half an hour late.

Several other trains may run 30 to 40 minutes late, some may be held for between half an hour and two and a half hours, and 10 to 15 mail and express trains could face knock-on delays of 15 to 20 minutes. Western Railway has asked passengers to check the latest status of their trains before setting out and regretted the inconvenience.

Sources: Lokmat Times; LatestLY