Starting from midnight on Thursday, a 63-hour mega block will be implemented, impacting the services of local trains due to platform extension works on the Mumbai network by the Central Railway (CR). With both local and long-distance train services expected to be disrupted during this block period, the railways have urged commuters to refrain from travelling by local trains unless necessary.
“A 63-hour mega block for the widening of platform nos 5 and 6 (in Thane) will start from Thursday midnight while a 36-hour block for the works related to the extension of platform nos 10 and 11 (at CSMT) will kick in from Friday midnight,” Rajneesh Goyal, divisional railway manager of Central Railway’s Mumbai division, told a press conference on Wednesday.