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Thursday, December 1, 2011

15 CAR LOCALS TO HALT AT DAHISAR


From 2nd December, 2011 the 15 car locals of Western Railway will halt at Dahisar station for the convenience of the commuters. Now the 15 car services will halt at all stations between Borivali & Virar except at Naigaon station.
 The extension of platforms to accommodate 15 car services at Dahisar along with shifting of signaling equipments and Over Head Equipments have been done at Dahisar station.
 15 car services were extended upto Churchgate in January, 2011. The services now halt at Churchgate, Dadar, Bandra, Andheri, Borivali, Dahisar, Mira Road, Bhayander, Vasai Road, Nalasopara &Virar stations. After completion of subway work at Naigaon, halt to 15 car services will be provided at Naigaon also.
To provide relief to the commuters, Western Railway is converting more and more 9 car services to 12 car. In last two years, 317 nine car services have been converted into 12 car services an increase of 45%. An additional capacity for more than 3 lakh commuters has been created during this period. With completion of DC to AC conversion in near future, remaining 9 car services will be converted to 12 car.




Timings of 15 car trains halt at Dahisar
Down Trains
Train number
From
To
Halt timing at Dahisar
VR SPl-1
Borivali
Virar
4.44hrs
VR SPl-3
Churchgate
Virar
7.49hrs
VR SPl-5
Andheri
Virar
10.21 hrs
VR SPl-7
Churchgate
Virar
13.39 hrs
VR SPl-9
Churchgate
Vasai rd
17.01 hrs
VR SPl-11
Andheri
Virar
19.14 hrs
Up Trains
VR SPl-2
Virar
Churchgate
6.01hrs
VR SPl-4
Virar
Andheri
9.36 hrs
VR SPl-6
Virar
Churchgate
11.43 hrs
VR SPl-8
Virar
Churchgate
15.03 hrs
VR SPl-10
Vasai Rd
Andheri
17.51 hrs
VR SPl-12
Virar
Borivali
20.34 hrs