Central Railway night block on Nov 13 and 14 shuts Khardi-Kasara locals, delays long-distance trains

Passengers travelling on the Kasara route at night will face a special railway block on November 13 and 14. Central Railway will carry out infrastructure work on these two nights, and local services between Kasara and Khardi will be suspended for some time. Some local trips will be cancelled and some trains will run only up to designated stations.

The block is being taken for the construction of the third railway line between Asangaon and Kasara. Work will also be done to extend the line of the platform on the Igatpuri side at Kasara railway station.

According to Central Railway, the block on the up main line and the third line between Khardi and Kasara will be in force from 11.10 pm to 1.40 am on the nights of November 13 and 14. During this period, suburban local services between Khardi and Kasara will remain completely shut.

The night local services between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Kasara will be affected. The last local from CSMT to Kasara before the block will leave at 8.44 pm. After that, the 11.05 pm local will run only up to Khardi until the work is completed.

Locals leaving CSMT for Kasara after 9.32 pm will run only up to Asangaon. The 11.05 pm local, however, will go up to Khardi.

In the other direction, the last local from Kasara to CSMT before the block will leave at 10 pm. The first local from Kasara after the block will leave at 3.51 am. Commuters travelling between Khardi and Kasara will therefore not get a local service during this period.

Long-distance mail and express trains will also be affected. Some trains leaving Mumbai may run about 20 to 25 minutes late.

These include the CSMT-Howrah Express, LTT-Varanasi Express, CSMT-Gorakhpur Special, LTT-Patliputra Express, CSMT-Amritsar Express, CSMT-Varanasi Mahanagari Express and LTT-Gorakhpur Kushinagar Express.

In addition, the LTT-Subedarganj Amrit Bharat Express and the LTT-Bhubaneswar Express will run late on the night of November 13. The timetable of the LTT-Hatia Express will be affected on November 14.

Central Railway has said the special block is being taken to complete the third railway line and other infrastructure work. The railway administration has appealed to passengers on the Kasara route, especially those travelling at night, to plan their journeys after checking the new timetable.