Mumbai local alert! Central Railway shares new update on 63-hour mega block, platform extension. Details here
Live MintThe Central Railways shared an update on the 63-hour mega block and the platform extension works at two stations — Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in south Mumbai and Thane station on the Mumbai network. Typically, the Central Railway operates over 1,800 local train services across its four corridors — Main, Harbour, Trans-Habour, and Uran. “A 63-hour mega block for the widening of platforms 5 and 6 will start from Thursday midnight while a 36-hour block for the works related to the extension of platforms 10 and 11 will kick in from Friday midnight,” said Rajneesh Goyal, divisional railway manager of Central Railway's Mumbai division. “We plan to run 254 extra services on nine routes with 43 extra buses during the mega block period,” BEST said in an official statement.