Mumbai: A signal failure on the Central railway line on Monday morning left several commuters stranded at various stations.The trains were running 20 to 30 minutes late. The authorities have undertaken to repair work to get services back to normal."There was a signal issue on DN local line before Kalyan. Slow services were diverted on DN fast line. Subsequently, signal issue was rectified. However, services on main line are running 10-15 minutes late. Services expected to be normal soon. Inconvenience is deeply regretted," Central Railway said in a tweet.This is a third such incident in a month, leading to delay in train services.Several commuters also took to Twitter to tag Railway minister Piyush Goyal over repeated signal failure."Is this your preparedness sir @PiyushGoyal. Please don’t take mumbaikars for granted. Have you ever saw the delay report sir," a commuter identifying himself as Nikshit Jain asked. "I am standing at Kalyan station...
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& there is no indicator for CSMT train & no announcement for train late," a commuter said.Another commuter said that he got into 6.29 CSMT slow from kalyan at 7.37 am and the train was yet to reach Thane.According to some users, the stations are very crowded and they are requesting the authorities to run special trains from Kalyan to CSMT fast track.

Six peak-hour services in morning and evening will have to be withdrawn to make way for this luxury.Commuters on Central Railway (CR) may have to lose out on six services during rush hour — three each in the morning and evening — to make way for CR’s first airconditioned local. It seems that officials are looking at running the AC rake from the first week of September. The move will be finalised after holding discussions with various passenger associations as existing services will have to be withdrawn.The first round of meeting with senior officials from CR was held on Wednesday to discuss issues pertaining to the induction of the AC rake into the service. CR is expecting the first AC rake to arrive by August end. A senior official from CR said, “It will most likely run from CSMT to Kalyan on a fast corridor only during the morning and evening...
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peak hours.” CR officials are hoping to reduce the door opening and closing time to ensure it does not affect the punctuality of other trains. It also has to take care of a few other technical issues such as the placement of the alarm chain.If the doors open and close faster, it will enable Railway authorities to introduce AC rakes on the Harbour line between CSMT to Goregaon and Panvel without upsetting the schedules of other trains.Western Railway had started its first AC local in December 2017 with eight services of which only one service each was during the morning and evening peak hour. Another two services were introduced during each of the extended morning and evening peak hours while the remaining four services were run during off-peak hours. CR officials are hoping to reduce the door opening and closing time further to ensure it does not affect the punctuality of other trains.A total 12 rakes made by Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) are to be delivered to Mumbai. Of these two have already been sent to WR and the third is expected to reach WR by mid-July. Then five rakes will be given to CR with one rake being delivered every month from August. CR is looking at using one rake each on its fast and slow corridors, one for Harbour, another for Trans-harbour while the fifth will be kept as spare. Chief PRO of CR, Sunil Udasi said, “We are likely to receive five AC rakes by year-end. Other modalities of running of AC locals will be worked out soon.”

मुंबई-पुणे इंटरसिटी एक्स्प्रेसचा वेग वाढवण्यासाठी पुश-पुल पद्धतीने चाचणी घेण्याचा निर्णय मध्य रेल्वेने घेतला आहे. आज, शुक्रवारपासून इंटरसिटी एक्स्प्रेस पुश-पुल पद्धतीने मार्गस्थ होणार असल्याने प्रवासी वेळेत सुमारे ३० मिनिटांची बचत होईल, असा दावा रेल्वेने केला आहे. मात्र या चाचणीसाठी कर्जत येथील तांत्रिक थांबा काढल्यामुळे आज, ३१ मे ते ६ जून या कालावधीत इंटरसिटी एक्स्प्रेस कर्जत स्थानकात थांबणार नाही. परिणामी कर्जतमधील प्रवाशांची प्रचंड गैरसोय होणार असल्याने प्रवाशांनी थांबा रद्द करण्याच्या निर्णयावर तीव्र नाराजी व्यक्त केली आहे.कर्जत स्थानकातून रोज हजारो प्रवासी या मेल-एक्स्प्रेसचा वापर करतात. शिवाय कार्यालयीन कामांसाठी कर्जत ते पुणे आणि पुणे ते कर्जत अशी ये-जा करणाऱ्यांची संख्या देखील जास्त आहे. मुळात कोणताही थांबा रद्द करण्यापूर्वी प्रवासी संघटनांची मते विचारात घेणे आवश्यक आहे. रेल्वे ही प्रवाशांच्या सोयीसाठी आहे. वेग वाढवण्यासाठी कर्जत थांब्याचा बळी देणे हा कर्जतमधील प्रवाशांवर अन्याय आहे. हा थांबा पूर्ववत न केल्यास कर्जत रेल्वे प्रवासी संघटनेच्या वतीने आंदोलन करण्यात येणार असल्याचे उपनगरीय रेल्वे एकता प्रवासी महासंघाचे उपाध्यक्ष आणि क्षेत्रीय रेल्वे प्रवासी...
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वापरकर्ते समिती सदस्य नितीन परमार यांनी सांगितले.(सात दिवसांची चाचणी...)'पंचवटी'चा विलंब टळणारमुंबई-नाशिक मार्गावरील पंचवटी एक्स्प्रेसचा वेग वाढवण्यासाठी ही एक्स्प्रेस देखील पुश-पुल तंत्रज्ञानाने मार्गस्थ करण्यात येणार आहे. मुंबई-नाशिक दरम्यान कसारा घाटात एक्स्प्रेसला बँकर (अतिरिक्त इंजिन) लावण्याची गरज भासते. या प्रक्रियेला वेळ लागत असल्याने पंचवटीला विलंब होत असल्याचे रेल्वेच्या पाहणीत दिसून आले. यामुळे लवकरच पंचवटी आणि मुंबई-पुणे मार्गावरील डेक्कन क्वीन एक्स्प्रेसची देखील पुश-पुल पद्धतीने चाचणी घेण्यात येणार असल्याची माहिती रेल्वे अधिकाऱ्यांनी दिली.- आजपासून पुश-पुल पद्धतीने होणार मार्गस्थ- प्रवासी वेळेत होणार सुमारे ३० मिनिटांची बचत

Special Traffic and Power Block between Titwala and Kalyan section

Central Railway will operate a special Traffic and Power Block o­n Up NE line Titwala-Kalyan from 00.00 hrs. to 03.00 hrs for lifting of tracks and special layouts o­n 24-25/.5.2019 (Friday-Saturday Night) and 25-26/5/2019(Saturday-Sunday Night) Due to this infrastructure upgrade block, the train running pattern will be as under:

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of Dn Mail/Express Trains o­n Both days

12141 LTT- Patliputra Express, 11057 CSMT-Amritsar Express, 12811 LTT- Hatia Express, 11093 Mahanagari Express and 12167 LTT-Varanasi Express will be taken o­n Platform No. 1/1A at Kalyan and will run 30-40 minutes behind schedule.

Diversion of UP Mail/Express Trains o­n Both days

11062 Muzaffarpur-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express, 11058 Amritsar- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Express, 12541 Gorakhpur- LTT Express, 11016 Gorakhpur- LTT Kushinagar Express, 10830 Shalimar-LTT Express, 12810 Howrah-CSMT Mail via Nagpur, 11402 Nagpur-CSMT Nandigram Express, 12102 Howrah-LTT Express and 12545 Raxaul- LTT express will arrive destination 15-50 minutes behind schedule.

Cancellation of DN suburban trains o­n 24 & 25.5.2019

K-127 CSMT- Kalyan local leaving CSMT at 22.16 hrs
K-129 CSMT- Kalyan local leaving CSMT at 22.24 hrs
TL-67 CSMT- Titwala local leaving CSMT at 23.44 hrs
A-1 CSMT- Ambernath local leaving CSMT at 00.05 hrs o­n 25 & 26.5.2019

Cancellation of UP suburban trains o­n 24 & 25.5.2019

K-124 Kalyan- CSMT local leaving Kalyan at 21.04 hrs
K-126 Kalyan- CSMT local leaving Kalyan at 21.20 hrs
A-70 Ambernath-CSMT local leaving Ambernath at 22.01 hrs
TL-66 Titwala- CSMT local leaving Titwala at 22.06 hrs

Passengers are requested to bear with the Railway Administration for the inconvenience caused due to this block.These special blocks are essential for infrastructure enhancement