India, April 25 -- Rail passengers using the Western Railway (WR) line should brace for significant disruptions between April 26 and 28, as WR authorities are undertaking a major 35-hour rail block between Kandivali and Borivali stations. This block, which begins at 1pm on Friday, April 26, and continues till midnight of Sunday, April 28, is being implemented to carry out the re-girdering of Bridge No 61, located between the two stations.

This large-scale engineering operation will involve replacing the girders over the 5th line, the Kandivali Carshed line, and the Yard line on the eastern side of the track. The work is part of infrastructure upgrades aimed at enhancing the capacity of the rail network to accommodate more trains in the f...