WESTERN RAILWAY’s DUSSHERA GIFT TO MUMBAIKARS

WESTERN RAILWAY’s DUSSHERA GIFT TO MUMBAIKARS

2017/09	27-09-2017 MUMBAI
WESTERN RAILWAY’s DUSSHERA GIFT TO MUMBAIKARS

No.2017/9                                                                           Mumbai, 27th September, 2017 

WESTERN RAILWAY’s DUSSHERA GIFT TO MUMBAIKARS INTRODUCTION OF 32 NEW SUBURBAN SERVICESINCREASE IN 15 CAR SERVICES FROM 42TO 54

W.E.F. 1^st October, 2017

For the comfort and convenience of passengers, Western Railway is introducing 32 new serviceson the suburban section. Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon'ble Minister of Railways & Coal, will be releasing the new suburban timetable o­n 29^th September 2017 at a function to be held in Mumbai. Increase in additional services will be effective from 1^st October 2017 and includes, 17 services in UP direction & 15 services in DOWN direction, with no reduction in existing services. 04 additional services introduced in morning peak hours and 03 additional services introduced in evening peak hours. 9 services have been worked o­n the 5^thline between Andheri – Borivali. o­ne 12 car rake will be augmented to 15 car, taking the total no of 15 car services to 54 from 42, which will be running o­n Sundays also. 04 services are also being extended viz. 1 in Up and 3 in Down direction. Due to the above, there will be changes in the pattern of running of 21 services & 14 services will be speeded up  i.e 07 UP direction & 07 DOWN direction. Therefore, with these changes, the number of daily average of total suburban services o­n Western Railway will now increase from 1323 to 1355 including 110 harbour services, the details of which are detailed as under:

§NEW 12 CAR SERVICES:UP Direction

Sr. No.	Section	Originating		Destination
		Station	Time	Station	Time
1	Virar - Andheri	Virar	06.00	Andheri	06.48
2	Nallasopara - Dadar	Nallasopara	07.26	Dadar	08.22
3	Virar - Andheri	Virar	07.48	Andheri	08.35
4	Virar - Borivali	Virar	09.40	Borivali	10.15
5	Virar - Andheri	Virar	09.47	Andheri	10.36
6	Vasai Road - Andheri	Vasai Road	10.58	Andheri	11.49
7	Virar - Andheri	Virar	11.32	Andheri	12.26
8	Borivali – Churchgate	Borivali	11.53	Churchgate	13.01
9	Virar - Andheri	Virar	13.08	Andheri	14.05
10	Virar - Andheri	Virar	13.46	Andheri	14.40
11	Virar - Andheri	Virar	14.53	Andheri	15.50
12	Virar - Andheri	Virar	15.16	Andheri	16.17
13	Virar - Andheri	Virar	15.54	Andheri	16.46
14	Malad  - Churchgate	Malad	16.45	Churchgate	17.27
15	Virar - Andheri	Virar	17.17	Andheri	18.16
16	Vasai Road - Andheri	Vasai Road	17.57	Andheri	18.39
17	Virar – Dadar	Virar	19.37	Dadar	20.42

DOWN Direction

Sr. No.	Section	Originating		Destination
		Station	Time	Station	Time
1	Andheri – Virar	Andheri	06.57	Virar	07.45
2	Dadar – Virar	Dadar	08.29	Virar	09.35
3	Andheri - Virar	Andheri	08.52	Virar	09.41
4	Borivali – Vasai Road	Borivali	10.19	Vasai Road	10.44
5	Andheri - Virar	Andheri	10.42	Virar	11.34
6	Andheri - Virar	Andheri	12.01	Virar	13.02
7	Andheri  - Bhayander	Andheri	12.35	Bhayander	13.12
8	Churchgate – Virar	Churchgate	13.08	Virar	14.52
9	Andheri – Virar	Andheri	14.13	Virar	15.12
10	Andheri – Virar	Andheri	14.50	Virar	15.43
11	Andheri – Virar	Andheri	16.10	Virar	17.09
12	Andheri – Vasai Road	Andheri	16.59	Vasai Road	17.42
13	Andheri – Virar	Andheri	18.45	Virar	19.33
14	Andheri – Nallasopara	Andheri	18.52	Nallasopara	19.45
15	Dadar - Virar	Dadar	20.47	Virar	21.48

§NEW 15 CAR SERVICES

Sr. No.	Section	Originating		Destination
		Station	Time	Station	Time
1	Virar  – Churchgate	Virar	05.07	Churchgate	06.25
2	Churchgate – Virar	Churchgate	06.33	Virar	07.55
3	Virar  – Churchgate	Virar	08.09	Churchgate	09.36
4	Churchgate – Borivali	Churchgate	09.40	Borivali	10.28
5	Borivali – Churchgate	Borivali	10.34	Churchgate	11.24
6	Churchgate – Virar	Churchgate	11.27	Virar	12.48
7	Virar  – Dadar	Virar	13.14	Dadar	14.22
8	Dadar – Virar	Dadar	14.44	Virar	15.51
9	Virar  – Dadar	Virar	16.03	Dadar	17.09
10	Dadar – Virar	Dadar	17.25	Virar	18.33
11	Virar  – Churchgate	Virar	18.45	Churchgate	20.10
12	Churchgate – Virar	Churchgate	20.14	Virar	21.40

§CHANGES IN PATTERN OF RUNNING

·The mode of 16 Churchgate bound (UP direction) trains & 5 Borivali / Virar bound (DOWN direction) trains have been changed. There will be a change in the running pattern of these trains regarding stoppages and working as fast/slow train.

·Two Malad services and 4 Goregaon services will now run fast upto Andheri in morning peak hours.

§SERVICES EXTENDED

·Malad – Churchgate (Fast local) departing from Malad at 17.34 hrs will now depart from Borivali at 17.27 hrs (Fast local) and reach Churchgate at 18.16 hrs.

·Churchgate - Bhayandar (Fast local) departing from Churchgate at 12.13 hrs, extended upto Virar and will reach Virar at 13.36 hrs.

·Andheri – Virar (Slow local) departing from Andheri at 20.26 hrs will now depart from Bandra at 20.12 hrs (Slow) and reach Virar at 21.25 hrs.

·Churchgate – Andheri (Slow local) departing from Churchgate at 19.54 hrs, extended upto Borivali and will reach Borivali at 21.02 hrs.

§CHANGES IN SCHEDULE

·The timings of Train No. 19215 Saurashtra Express at Borivali will change from 09.02/09.06 hrs to 09.02/09.05 hrs and at Virar from 09.40/09.42 hrs to 09.38/09.40 hrs.

·The scheduled departure of Train No.19029 Bandra Terminus – Mahuva Jn. is postponed from 11.35 hrs to 11.45 hrs.

·The timings of Train No. 14707 Ranakpur Express at Borivali will change from 08.40/08.44 hrs to 08.50/08.54 hrs with no change in arrival timing at Bandra Terminus.

·The timings of Train No. 12954 August Kranti Rajdhani Express at Borivali will change from 08.52/08.54 hrs to 08.56/08.58 hrs and at Andheri from 09.10/09.12 hrs to 09.12/09.14 hrs with no change in arrival timing at Mumbai Central.

·The timings of Train No. 59023 Valsad Fast Passenger at Dadar will change from 18.21/18.23 hrs to 18.23/18.25 hrs & will be dealt from Platform No. 5 and the timings at Borivali from 18.53/18.55 hrs to 18.55/18.57hrs.

Source:WR