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Central Railway Announces Midnight Block at Thansit Station for Electronic Interlocking Work on August 16–17: Important Train Delay Information

Central Railway will implement a special power and traffic block at Thansit station from 12:30 AM to 5:15 AM on the midnight of August 16–17, 2025 (Saturday to Sunday), to commission the Electronic Interlocking system as part of the Kalyan-Kasara third line project.

During this block period, several mail, express, and suburban trains will operate with caution and necessary authority, which may result in delays.

Delayed Suburban Trains

  • CSMT–Kasara local departing CSMT at 10:47 PM on August 16, and at 12:08 AM on August 17 may face delays.
  • Kasara–CSMT locals departing Kasara at 3:51 AM and 4:59 AM on August 17 are also likely to be delayed.

Affected Long-Distance Down Trains

  • 12141 LTT-Patliputra Express
  • 11057 CSMT-Amritsar Express
  • 12811 LTT-Hatia Express
  • 22177 CSMT-Varanasi Mahanagri Express
  • 22538 LTT-Gorakhpur Kushinagar Express

Affected Long-Distance Up Trains

  • 18030 Shalimar-LTT Express
  • 12810 Howrah-CSMT Mail
  • 20104 Azamgarh-LTT Superfast Express
  • 11002 Ballarshah-CSMT Nandigram Express
  • 12152 Shalimar-LTT Samarsata Express
  • 12112 Amravati-CSMT Superfast Express

Regulation of UP Mail/Express Trains

  • 12106 Gondia-CSMT Vidarbha Express: Regulated by 40 minutes
  • 17058 Lingampalli-CSMT Devgiri Express: Regulated by 15 minutes
  • 12618 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Mangala Lakshadweep Express: Delayed by 15–20 minutes
  • 12138 Firozpur-CSMT Punjab Mail: Delayed by 15–20 minutes

An official from Central Railway stated that these infrastructure-related blocks are conducted in the greater interest of passengers and national development. Passengers are requested to bear with the inconvenience caused due to these necessary upgrades.

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