12 September,2023 07:40 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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The Central Railway, on Monday, announced that the run of trains that either originate or terminate at Dadar has been extended up to Parel from Friday. CR has undertaken work of widening platform no 1 at Dadar station due to which runs of the trains have been extended.
Central Railway in their press statement said that they have decided to widen platform no 1 of Dadar which presently has a length of 270 meters and a width of seven meters. "It is decided to increase width from current 7 meters to 10.5 meters. Thus width increase will be by 3.5 meters additional. The work will start from September 15 (Friday), it is expected to complete the work in the coming two months with the cost of Rs 1 crore," the Railway statement read.
"For this width widening works, all slow locals (Up + Down) which originate and terminate from Dadar platform no. 2 are hereby extended up to Parel suburban terminus. Thus following 11 pairs of Dadar originating/terminating slow locals will henceforth originate/terminate from Parel station from September 15 (Friday) to till further advice," they further said in the statement.
The details of the 11 pairs of suburban services which are to be extended are as under:
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