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Rail blocks to be sought from Western Railway for Metro bridge above tracks near Dahisar

If granted, the move is likely inconvenience commuters travelling late at night and in early hours.

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Authorities implementing the Metro-2A corridor plan to approach the Western Railway seeking rail blocks for construction of a bridge above the tracks near Dahisar station. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is the executing body for the route between DN Nagar and Dahisar.

A DMRC official, said, "At Dahisar we are planning to take the Metro-2A corridor passing above the railway tracks near Dahisar station in order to connect the Metro-2A corridor with the Andheri East - Dahisar East Metro-7 corridor at Anand Nagar near Western Express Highway, and hence will require railway blocks for west-east connectivity."

If granted, the move is likely inconvenience commuters travelling late at night and in early hours.

The official added, "We have recently got permission from WR for the Metro bridge above the railway tracks near Dahisar, and are now going to approach officially for seeking blocks for at least four hours in the night hours for starting construction in the next six months. The blocks will have to be taken from 12 in the night upto 4 am, and for this WR might have to change time-table for their late night or early morning local train timings, and also ensure there is no movement of any mail trains in these four hours when the block is taken."

According to officials involved in the construction of Metro, constructing the Metro bridge above the railway tracks will be the most challenging task in the whole corridor as work will be carried in only night hours. "The time will be insufficient as we have to complete work by January 2019, but we also cannot have blocks for Metro bridge in the day time considering the volume of people that use local trains in the city," added the DMRC official.

The DMRC is constructing the DN Nagar-Dahisar 18.59-km-long Metro-2A corridor on behalf of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, and the alignment of the whole corridor is on the Linking Road. 

Average ridership of Metro-2A corridor is expected to be 10 lakh passengers per day in 2019 followed by 12 lakh in 2021 and 16 lakh by 2031.

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