Railways announces 4.30-hour block on Valsad-Surat Route; 8 trains to be affected

Surat: The Western Railways announced on Sunday that there will be a block between Billimora and Amalsad Railway route on 2nd January, affecting approximately 8 trains on the Valsad-Surat section.

According to Western Railways, a 4.30-hour block is scheduled for January 2, 2024, to replace steel girders of Bridge No. 373 with PSC slabs between Billimora and Amalsad. Additionally, the launching of 5 nos of 36m girders between Dungri and Billimora will be done in lieu of Level Crossing No. 104.

The block is scheduled from 12:15 hrs to 16:45 hrs on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Due to this block, several Western Railway trains will be rescheduled and regulated.

The press release issued by Sumit Thakur, Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, mentions the following rescheduling and regulation of trains on January 2, 2024:

1. Train no. 22195 Virangana Laxmibai Jhansi-Bandra Terminus SF Express, journey commencing on January 1, 2024, will be rescheduled by 03:00 hrs.

2. Train 20968 Porbandar-Secunderabad SF Express journey commencing on January 2, 2024, will be rescheduled by 02:30 hrs.

3. Train 19016 Dadar-Porbander Saurashtra Express journey commencing on January 1, 2024, will be rescheduled by 2:00 hrs.

4. Train 19015 Porbander-Dadar Saurashtra Express journey commencing on January 2, 2024, will be rescheduled by 01:30 hrs.

5. Train no. 14805 Yasvantpur-Barmer AC Express will be regulated for 50 minutes.

6. Train no. 12925 Mumbai Central-Amritsar Paschim Express will be regulated by 40 minutes.

7. Train no. 12216 Bandra Terminus—Delhi Sarai Rohilla Garibrath will be regulated by 30 minutes.

8. Train no. 12217 Kochuveli-Chandigarh Sampark Kranti will be regulated by 30 Minutes. DeshGujarat