74 Trains from (BSL)BHUSAVAL JN to (TNA)THANE

3FEW WR TRAINS AFFECTED DUE TO BLOCK BETWEEN

VIRAR-VAITARNA SECTION

In order to carry out the work of launching of PSC slab at Bridge No. 88 between Virar – Vaitarna section, blocks will be taken. The block will be from 00.40 hrs to 05.10 hrs o­n the intervening night of 27^th/28^th May, 2023. Due to this block, few Western Railway trains will be partially cancelled, short terminated, rescheduled & regulated, and o­ne passenger train will remain cancelled.

According to a press release issued by Public Relations Department of Western Railway, the details of these trains are as under:

Cancellation of Trains:

1.Train No. 09089 Virar – Sanjan Passenger of 28^th May, 2023 will remain cancelled.

Partial Cancellation of Trains:

1.Train No. 19101 Virar - Bharuch ­Express, will be partially cancelled between Virar & Palghar.

2.Train No. 09080 Surat - Virar MEMU of 27th, May 2023 will short terminated at Palghar and remain partially cancelled between Palghar and Virar stations.

Rescheduling of Trains:

1.Train No. 12927 Dadar – Ekta Nagar – Dadar Express of 27th, May 2023 will be rescheduled by 04.10 hrs Ex Dadar.

2.Train No. 12298 Pune - Ahmedabad Duronto Express of 27th, May 2023 will be rescheduled by 04.00 hrs Ex Pune.

3.Train No. 22923 Bandra Terminus – Jamnagar Humsafar Express of 27th, May 2023 will be rescheduled by 04.00 hrs Ex Bandra Terminus.

4.Train No. 19019 Bandra Terminus – Haridwar Dehradun Express of 28th, May 2023 will be rescheduled by 04.20 hrs Ex Bandra Terminus.

5.Train No. 19003 Bandra Terminus – Bhusaval Khandesh Express of 28th, May 2023 will be rescheduled by 04.30 hrs Ex Bandra Terminus.

Regulation of Trains:

1.Train No. 19038 Barauni – Bandra Terminus Avadh Express will be regulated by 1.35 hrs.

2.Train No. 11087 Veraval – Pune Express will be regulated by 1.35 hrs.

3.Train No. 22946 Okha – Mumbai Central Saurashtra Mail will be regulated by 1.30 hrs.

4.Train No. 22904 Bhuj – Bandra Terminus AC Superfast Express will be regulated by 01.20 hrs.

5.Train No. 12940 Jaipur – Pune Express will be regulated by 01.20 hrs.

6.Train No. 22928 Ahmedabad – Bandra Terminus Lok Shakti Express will be regulated by 01.30 hrs.

7.Train No. 19218 Veraval – Bandra Terminus Express will be regulated by 1.25 hrs.

8.Train No. 12928 Ekta Nagar – Dadar Express will be regulated by 01.30 hrs.

9.Train No. 22944 Indore – Daund Express will be regulated by 1.20 hrs.

10.Train No. 14701 Shri Ganganagar – Bandra Terminus Amrapura Aravali Express will be regulated by 01.05 hrs.

11.Train No. 12902 Ahmedabad – Dadar Superfast Express will be regulated by 01.00 hrs.

12.Train No. 12962 Indore – Mumbai Central Avantika Express will be regulated by 01.00 hrs.

13.Train No. 12956 Jaipur – Mumbai Central Superfast Express will be regulated by 00.45 mins.

14.Train No. 14707 Bikaner – Dadar Ranakpur Express will be regulated by 00.45 mins.

15.Train No. 09052 Bhusaval – Mumbai Central Special will be regulated by 01.20 hrs.

Passengers are requested to kindly take note of the same.

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Annual Conference of Operations department of Central Railway conducted today 24/05/23

Shri Naresh Lalwani, General Manager, Central Railway addressed the Senior Divisional Operations Manager’s Annual Conference at Mumbai HQ o­n 24.5.2023.

Shri Alok Singh, Additional General Manager and Shri Mukul Jain, Principal Chief Operations Manager, Central Railway were also present. The conference was attended by Heads of Coaching section, Planning section and Goods section of Operations Department of Central Railway and Operations Department Heads of Mumbai, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Pune and Solapur Divisions.

The targets and achievements of upcoming year 2023-24 have been discussed in conference as follows-

1) Goods loading-

In year 2021-22- 76.16 million tonne (MT) goods loading achieved by CR.

In year 2022-23- 81.88 million tonne goods loading achieved by CR.

In year 2023-24- 90.05 million tonne target of goods loading has been set by CR.

2) Coal loading -

Out of above total loading, coal is highest commodity loading.

In 2021-22- 39.52 MT loading done.

In 22-23- 37.17 MT loading done.

In 23-24- target of 40.95 MT coal loading has been set.

3) Cement loading-

In 22-23- 7.48 MT loading achieved.

In 23-24- target of 8.8 MT is set.

Major plants of Cement loading are- ACC/Wadi/Solapur, ACC/Ghuggus/Nagpur, Ultratech cement/Hotgi/Solapur, Orient cement/Bhadli/Bhusawal.

4) New infrastructures lines completed-

-Bhusawal-Jalgaon new 3rd line & 4th line of 24.13 km completed in year 2022-23.

-Jalgaon-Pachora new 3rd line of 47.59 km completed in year 2022-23.

5) New infrastructure lines under progress-

-Nagpur-Wardha 3rd& 4th line

-Bhusawal-khandwa 3rd & 4th line

-3rd line in Nagpur-Etarasi, Bhusawal-Wardha, Jalgaon-Manmad.

6) Parcel loading hubs-

Bhiwandi, Jalgaon, Ajni/Nagpur have been developed as major parcel loading points.

In 2022-23- 312 parcel train loaded with 764759 tonnage and 45.86 Crores revenue earning.

7) Improvement of goods sheds under progress-

It will be completed in this 2023-24 year. Circulating area, lighting, approach road, labour room, merchant room etc will be renewed.

-Mumbai division- Kalamboli

-Bhusawal division- Kasbe Sukane, Borgaon, Khamgaon, Savda, Burhanpur, Nandgaon

-Nagpur- Tadali, Ballarshah, Kalmeshwar, maramjhiri.

-Pune- Nira, Loni,

-Solapur- Vilad, Ahmednagar, Belapur, Daund, Arag.

8) Daily goods train interchange-

In 2021-22- 317 goods trains taken over/handed over daily by CR with other railway zones.

In 22-23- 336 goods train interchange daily by CR. It's 18.4% increase capacity handling.

9) Infrastructural works completed to increase mail express and goods train mobility-

-Electrification completed at Roha yard, Gurumarket yard/Pune div, Solapur yard, Barshi yard/Solapur yard, Bale yard/solapur div.

-OHE Overhead wire new substations completed at- Karad/Pune div, Ausa/Solapur div, Gaudgaon/Solapur div, Nagothane/Mumbai div.

10) Critical bottleneck infrastructure works completed in year 2022-23-

-Daund- Gulbarga doubling

-Wardha- Chitoda 2nd cord line

-Khapri-Nagpur-Godhani- 20 km automatic signalling system.

-Kamshet/pune div- loop lines extention.

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Date: May 24, 2023

PR No.2023/05/25

This press release is issued by the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai.