Pictures of the inauguration of the Thane - LTT 5th and 6th lines on 10th April 2011. IRFCAians Vijay Aravamudhan, Arzan Kotval, Deep Soni, Tushar Dhake, Sriram S, Nikhil Karunakaran, and Rajendra Aklekar had caught snaps, covering the inauguration of the new 5th 6th lines between LTT and Thane. The snaps feature the 1st trains to arrive at LTT and 1st train to leave LTT, and snaps taken at Bhandup and Mulund featuring trains zipping past on new lines.
And The 1st train to roll on the new 5th line from LTT towards Thane arrives at the same outer, with loco WCAM3 21897 with the train - 11055 DN LTT-Gorakhpur Godaan Exp. Coconut was broken, and then the train allowed to proceed on the new line. Seen here
And Starter given to the 1st train 11055 LTT-Gorakhpur Godaan Exp to roll out on the 5th DN line from LTT till Thane. Seen here are Khalasi with green flag, some other workers, who had been toiling hard to make this commissioning a grand success, and also
CBE-LTT 11014 was detained for very long time at the LTT outer. This was the 2nd train to enter LTT on 6th line from Thane. (Nikhil Karunakaran)
Railfans waiting in anticipation to see the 1st train on 5th DN line. (Nikhil Karunakaran)
Finally - Godan is given fond farewell. Notice the rails cut off. These were the original alignment branching out from the old 3rd 4th lines to LTT. (Nikhil Karunakaran)
RAILFANS for the inauguration on 5th 6th lines at VVH - From Left to Right - Sriram S (TNA), Arzan Kotval(DR), Nikhil Karunakaran(DI), Tushar Dhake (KYN), Vijay Aravamudhan(TNA) and Deep Soni(VVH) (Tushar Dhake)
KYN WDG3 Baldie 14587 was the link for SNSI-DR exp. Taken at Vidyavihar after inauguration of Thane-LTT 5th 6th lines. (Vijay Aravamudhan)
16 year old dream comes true on Central Railway... 5th and 6th Lines between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Thane opened for Passenger Traffic today on 10th April 2011... First Train on 6th Line towards LTT is 3201 UP Rajendra Nagar Patna - LTT...
First Train on 6th Line towards LTT is 13201 UP Rajendra Nagar Patna - LTT Mumbai Express with Kalyan WCAM3 # 21961 (Tushar Dhake)
11014 Coimbatore - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Mumbai Express with a WDP4 # 20031 is a second train coming on the 6th Line after the inauguration of 5th & 6th Lines on Central Railway today i.e. 10th April 2011 between LTT & Thane (Tushar Dhake)
First Train on 5th Line from LTT is 11055 DN LTT Mumbai - Gorakhpur Godan Express with Kalyan WCAM3 # 21897 (Tushar Dhake)
IN TRUE COLOURS !KYN WCAM-3# 21882 appears to pose for a profile, displaying it’s spectacular colours. Venue is near Ghatkopar station. (Arzan Kotval)
Empty rake of HW-LTT AC Superfast Exp on 6th line at Ghatkopar with WCAM3 21942 (Tushar Dhake)
12172 Haridwar - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC SuperFast Express towards its destination on the newly opened 6th line between LTT-Thane, captured at Ghatkoper from a slow EMU to Kalyan (Tushar Dhake)
Amidst Huge RPF, 5th 6th lines opens at Vikroli. (Tushar Dhake)