British-era Carnac bridge dismantled in Mumbai

The Central Railway managed to dismantle the British-era Carnac bridge between CSMT and Masjid stations in Mumbai before time on Sunday after operating a 27-hour traffic block that was supposed to end at 2 am on Monday, officials said here.

The block on all suburban and mainline tracks as well the ones in the yard between CSMT and Byculla and CSMT and Wadala was in place from 11 pm on Saturday to 2 am on Monday. “However, the first train departed from CSMT for Thane at 3:50 pm on Sunday, passing the Carnac Bridge dismantling site at 4pm. Harbour line was restored by 7 pm. The work on seventh line and yard are in progress and will be completed before the scheduled plan,” an official said.