Mumbai, Feb 03 (ANI): In more trouble for hundreds of local rail commuters, 98-year-old Mumbai’s Lower Parel Railway Station will remain shut for 11 hours due to demolition work of the Delisle Road Rail over Bridge (ROB). This station will remain closed from Saturday 10:00 pm till 9:00 am on Sunday. Nearly, 205 local trains and 23 long-distance trains have been cancelled. The Western Railway (WR) has decided to carry out an 11 hour rail block-one of the longest in recent years from Saturday night. Since August 20, 2018, the WR has gradually been dismantling the bridge. It was shut for vehicular traffic in July 2018. Notably, the Central, as well as the Western Railway, conduct Mumbai Mega Block on most of the weekends for the maintenance and other related works of rail tracks. Following the mega block, local train services between Churchgate and Lower Parel will be completely stopped. The slow local train service will run up to Bandra and fast local services will run up to Dadar and the long distance trains arriving at Mumbai will be terminated at Dadar. Meanwhile, during the block period, BEST buses will ply between Churchgate and Dadar stations. It will reportedly cover all the stations including Marine Lines, Charni Road, Grant Road, Mumbai Central, Mahalaxmi, Lower Parel and Prabhadevi.
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