Mumbai: Western Railway to operate night block on Sep 1 and 2, check details

The Western Railway on Friday said that there will be no day block this weekend and it will operate a night block on ther intervening night of September 1 and 2In an official statement the Western Railway said a night block between Vasai Road and Vaitarna station will be undertaken on the intervening night of September 1 and 2The Western Railway said to carry out maintenance work of tracks signalling and overhead equipment a jumbo block will be taken on up and down fast lines between Vasai Road and Vaitarna stations on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday ie on 1st2nd September 2023According to a press release issued by Sumit Thakur Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway the block on up fast line will be undertaken from 2355 hrs to 0250 hrs while on down fast line it will be from 0130 hrs to 0430 hrsThere will be no block in the day time over Western Railway suburban section on this Sunday 3rd September 2023 the Western Railway saidDetailed information to this effect is available in concerned Station Masterrsquos officeMeanwhile Western Railway said that the station improvement work of Mira Road station is ongoing at a rapid pace Some of the works related to the station improvement is a deck over Platform No 1 escalator 235 m wide FOB etcIt said The south side staircase of the North FOB at Platform No 1 is coming in the alignment of the above mentioned works Hence the south staircase of the North FOB is to be dismantled Thus the said staircase will remain closed from 3rd September 2023 As there are two landings in the North FOB passengers may use the North side staircase of this FOB at Platform No 1In an another statement the Western Railway on Wednesday said that it will extend trips of some trains from BandraJabalpurIn an official statement the Western Railway said that it will extend trips of train number 0213334 Bandra Terminus Jabalpur special trainIt said also the continuation of extension of train number 1480807 Dadar ndash Bhagat Ki Kothi Express upto Jodhpur will be extendedThe Western Railway said for the convenience of passengers and with a view to meet the travel demand Western Railway has decided to extend the periodicity in Train No 0213334 Bandra Terminus ndash Jabalpur Special Train on Special Fare on existing composition timings stoppages etcAccording to a press release issued by Sumit Thakur ndash Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway the details of the train is as under Train No 02133 Bandra Terminus ndash Jabalpur Weekly Special which was earlier notified up to 30th September 2023 has been extended up to 25th November 2023 Train No 02134 Jabalpur ndash Bandra Terminus Weekly Special which was earlier notified up to 29th September 2023 has been extended up to 24th November 2023The Western Railway had previously decided to extend Train No 1480814807 Dadar ndash Bhagat Ki Kothi Express upto Jodhpur on temporary basis on existing composition timings stoppages etc It has now been decided to continue this extension up to 30th September 2023The booking for extended trips of Train No 02133 will open from 1st September 2023 at all PRS Counters and on IRCTC website For detailed information regarding timings of halts and composition passengers may please visit the official website