275 WR local train services cancelled from Jan 24-26

At least 275 local train services will be cancelled from January 24 to January 26 on Western Railway (WR) owing to work on the Mithi River bridge between Mahim and Bandra stations.

- Shashank Rao

MUMBAI: An additional 150 train services will be partially cancelled during this block. Long-distance trains will also be affected from 11pm to 8.30am.

As part of the work, WR engineers will replace the iron-screw pile rail bridge built in 1888 with concrete pillars. On Monday evening, WR authorities said they would undertake major blocks on the intervening nights of January 24-25 and 25-26 in connection with rebuilding the south abutment of Bridge Number 20, as the Mithi bridge is known as.