27-HOUR MEGA BLOCK DUE TO DEMOLITION OF CARNAC BRIDGE

MUMBAI: The last leg of demolition of Carnac Bunder bridge, among the oldest in the city, will commence on November 19 at 11 pm and will entail a 27-hour mega block between Masjid and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) stations on Central Railway (CR) and a 21-hour mega block between CSMT and Wadala stations on the Harbour line. “We will operate both traffic and power blocks on November 19 and 20. With the help of a road crane, the structure will be dismantled,” said Shivaji Sutar, chief public relations officer, CR.

He added that the traffic on CR will be resumed by 4 pm on November 20 and Harbour line traffic will resume at 8 pm on November 20. While 18 pairs of Express trains have been cancelled, around 68 outstation trains have been short-terminated or short originated at Dadar, Panvel, Nashik and Pune stations.