Western Railway to operate jumbo block between Vasai Road and Bhayandar on August 29 night, check details here

Western Railway while sharing Mumbai local train updates on Friday said that it will undertake a jumbo block between Vasai Road and Bhayandar stations during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday August 2930 2026The block will be carried out to facilitate maintenance work on tracks signalling systems and overhead equipment on the suburban sectionAccording to Western Railway the block will be operated on the Up Fast line from 1130 pm to 3 am and on the Down Fast line from 115 am to 445 am during the night of August 2930During the block all Fast line trains will be diverted to the Slow lines between Virar and BhayandarBorivaliSome suburban services to remain cancelledWestern Railway said some suburban train services will remain cancelled during the block periodThe list of cancelled services will be available with onduty Station Masters at stations across the suburban sectionPassengers travelling during the overnight period have been advised to check train services and plan their journeys accordinglyNo daytime block on SundayWestern Railway said that there will be no block during the daytime on Sunday August 30Passengers have been advised to take note of the changes and make necessary arrangements to avoid inconvenienceWR announces additional Ganpati special trainsMeanwhile Western Railway has announced additional trips of several Ganpati Special trains to facilitate passenger travel and clear the extra rush during the Ganpati festivalAccording to a press release issued by Western Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Vineet Abhishek on Thursday the additional trips have been scheduled in response to passenger demandThe detailsTrain No 09013 Mumbai CentralndashThokur Special Karnataka will run an additional trip on September 8 while Train No 09014 ThokurndashMumbai Central Special will operate on September 9Train No 09019 Mumbai CentralndashSawantwadi Road Special will run an additional trip on September 9 while Train No 09020 Sawantwadi RoadndashMumbai Central Special will operate on September 10Train No 09035 Bandra TerminusndashRatnagiri Unreserved Special will run an additional trip on September 10 while Train No 09036 RatnagirindashBandra Terminus Unreserved Special will operate on September 11Train No 09030 ValsadndashRatnagiri Special will run an additional trip on September 7 while Train No 09029 RatnagirindashValsad Special will operate on September 8Train No 09022 UdhnandashRatnagiri Special will run an additional trip on September 10 while Train No 09021 RatnagirindashUdhna Special will also operate on September 10Train No 09114 VadodarandashRatnagiri Special will have additional trips on September 8 and September 22 while Train No 09113 RatnagirindashVadodara Special will operate on September 9 and September 23Train No 09110 Vishwamitri VadodarandashRatnagiri Special will run an additional trip on September 9 while Train No 09109 RatnagirindashVishwamitri Special will operate on September 10Train No 09124 VishwamitrindashRatnagiri Special will run an additional trip on September 7 while Train No 09123 RatnagirindashVishwamitri Special will also operate on September 7Booking detailsBooking for the additional trips of Train Nos 09013 09019 09030 09022 09114 09110 and 09124 will open from Saturday August 15 at all Passenger Reservation System PRS counters and on the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation IRCTC websiteThe trains will operate as special trains on special fare officials said