We will be carrying out another five hours of block on the night of January 1-2 at Parel. This is probably the first such long block given on the main line for the Parel FOB, says SK Jain
The first major block was carried out at Parel station this weekend where the Army is building a new foot-overbridge (FOB). The Central Railway (CR) is carrying out a mega block for three consecutive nights which ends on Monday night.
"We will be carrying out another five hours of block on the night of January 1-2 at Parel. This is probably the first such long block given on the main line for the Parel FOB," said SK Jain, Divisional Railway Manager (Mumbai), Central Railway.
The Army and railwaymen are together constructing an extension to the Parel FOB on the north end which will go towards Elphinstone Road station. During this period – midnight to 5am – of the mega block, the authorities will lower the steel cage and bore piles into the ground. They have already drilled deep into the soil and steel pillars next to the tracks have been erected.
Sources said that on Monday night, the work will be mainly between Parel and Elphinstone Road stations. Over the last two nights (December 30-31 and December 31-January 1), the CR authorities shut down train services between Matunga and Byculla stations on the slow line towards CSMT at Parel platform 2. Due to this block, 15 services towards CSMT were diverted on Up fast line. On Sunday night, Up slow line there was a block for five hours between Matunga and Byculla stations due to which nine locals were diverted on Up fast line.
The Army is set to complete the work of extending this FOB by January 31. Meanwhile, work on the additional staircase for the Elphinstone Road station FOB too is ready and is expected to be open to the public soon. The ticket booking counter too has been shifted.
MEETING DEADLINES
- The Army is set to complete the work of extending this FOB by January 31.
- Work on the additional staircase for the Elphinstone Road station FOB too is ready and is expected to open to the public soon.
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