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Pune-Mum railway operations return to normalcy from Saturday after 13 days of shut down
An official spokesperson of Central Railway Pune Division (CRPD) said, “All the trains between Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai rail corridor will be restored starting from Saturday. These include the daily intercity express, Sinhagad express, Indrayani express, Deccan queen, Pragati express and other trains as well.”
Railway corridor between Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai that was completely shut down for the last 13 days will finally return to normalcy starting Saturday as the rail section has been opened again by the central railways.
An official spokesperson of Central Railway Pune Division (CRPD) said, “All the trains between Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai rail corridor will be restored starting from Saturday. These include the daily intercity express, Sinhagad express, Indrayani express, Deccan queen, Pragati express and other trains as well.”
He added, “We conducted a train trail run on August 15 and 16 where the Sinhgad express, Indrayani express, Intercity express and Deccan queen were operated between Mumbai and Pune to ensure that the tracks are in a position to support train operations in future.”
While initially it was planned to keep the trains off the track on Saturday and Sunday, however, considering the condition of tracks, the decision to restore all these trains from Saturday was taken, said senior railway official requesting anonymity.
Heavy rains, waterlogging on tracks, landslides and incidents of boulder falling in the monkey hill region of the ghat section, especially between Karjat and Lonavla, damaged tracks and disrupted rail services on the Pune-Mumbai corridor.
Massive maintenance work was undertaken by the central railway which is expected to end in the next 15 days. At least 200 workers along with railway officials have been working for 24 hours to restore services, a railway official said.
While train operations on the Pune-Mumbai section is likely to return to normalcy on Saturday, maintenance work will continue, a senior official of Central Railway Pune Division said.
