Mumbai local train services will be hit on Sunday as Western Railway will undertake a jumbo block on the Borivali-Gorgeaon route for track maintenance works. The block will be in effect for five hours, from 10:35am to 3:35pm, informed the Mumbai-headquartered Western Railway (WR).
“For track signalling and maintenance of overhead equipment, Western Railway will carry out a jumbo Block on Up and Down slow lines on Sunday, 26 December 2021 between Borivali and Goregaon stations from 10:35 hours to 15:35 hours,” WR’s official handle tweeted on the eve of the exercise.
The Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of WR’s Mumbai division was the first to inform of the impending jumbo block, on December 24. “On Sunday dated 26/12/21, a major block of 5 hours will be taken in hand for maintenance works, from 10:35hrs to 15:35hrs on UP and DOWN SLOW lines, between BORIVALI and GOREGAON station,” it shared on Twitter.