More than 37 lakh daily local train commuters affected…
Mumbai: From Tonight, The Central Railway (CR) will conduct a 27-hour mega block to dismantle the British-era Carnac Bridge between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Masjid Bunder station in south Mumbai.
The mega block will start from today onwards, at 11 pm (on November 19) and end at 2 am on November 21, due to which the schedule of suburban and express trains will get affected during this period, a release by the Central Railway said.
The special block is likely to affect more than 37 lakh daily local train commuters.
More than 1,800 local train services operate on the Central Railways Mumbai suburban network comprising 'Harbour' and 'Main' lines that originate from CSMT in south Mumbai.
The bridge was built in 1866-67 and was declared unsafe by an expert team of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) in 2018, though the movement of heavy vehicles on it was stopped in 2014 only, railway officials said.
The CR said, "The block will be operated to dismantle Carnac bridge which was declared unsafe in the month of September, 2022."
The officials said that a large portion of the iron bridge has already been demolished.
Hence, during the block the iron structure of the railway over bridge (ROB) will be cut and removed with the help of cranes.
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