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Mumbai Railways Complete Marine Lines Girder Launch as Central Line Runs Planned Mega Block

The overnight girders and daytime maintenance are meant to improve passenger movement and track reliability across key suburban corridors.

Overview

  • Western Railway completed an overnight girder-launch at Marine Lines during the intervening night of May 30–31, which led to late-night cancellations and short-terminations on the Churchgate corridor.
  • Railway officials said crews installed 19 steel girders for a new 12-metre-wide foot over bridge using two 500-tonne cranes, two hydra cranes, one tower wagon and a 60-person workforce.
  • Central Railway implemented a planned mega block on May 31 on the CSMTVidyavihar slow main line and the KurlaVashi Harbour line that diverted slow trains to fast lines and suspended several Harbour services.
  • An unplanned overhead equipment fault between Sion and Matunga on May 31 caused additional delays and brief passenger stranding of about 10–25 minutes at stations including Dadar, Parel and Matunga.
  • Authorities ran special trains and allowed Trans-Harbour routing to reduce commuter impact and said the works form part of wider station upgrades intended to ease congestion and improve safety.