{"id":4698,"date":"2025-08-02T07:29:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T07:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railtravels.org\/?p=4698"},"modified":"2025-08-02T07:29:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T07:29:50","slug":"western-railway-dahanu-road-virar-local-train-extended-upto-churchgate-and-timings-of-4-local-special-train-revised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/western-railway-dahanu-road-virar-local-train-extended-upto-churchgate-and-timings-of-4-local-special-train-revised\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Railway-Dahanu Road-Virar Local Train Extended Upto Churchgate and Timings of 4 Local Special Train Revised"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Western Railway-Dahanu Road-Virar Local Train Extended Upto Churchgate and Timings of 4 Local Special Train Revised<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WR\u2019s 2 SPECIAL SUBURBAN SERVICES BETWEEN DAHANU ROAD &amp; VIRAR EXTENDED UPTO CHURCHGATE &amp; TIMINGS OF 4 SPECIAL SERVICES CHANGED AS PER DEMAND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Western Railway had commenced the services of a few local trains from 15th June, 2025 on the Mumbai suburban section after complete closure since 23rd March, 2025. The services were gradually increased for the convenience of passengers and to avoid crowding and maintain social distancing; presently 350 special suburban services are being operated by Western Rly for the essential services staff as notified by Govt of Maharashtra. Now, as per the demands received from the staff of essential category and to make it possible to reach them to their places of work in time, Western Rly has madean important revision in timings of 4 originating \/ terminating Dahanu Road special local trains &amp; has decided to extend 2 existing special suburban services between Dahanu Road &amp; Virar upto Churchgate for the benefit of essential services staff w.e.f. 17th July, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur- Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Rly, these special suburban services are not for general passengers \/ public &amp; are strictly only for essential staff as identified by the State Government of Maharashtra. As per the revised timings w.e.f. 17th July, 2025, the first train from Dahanu Road i.e. DRD-2 will now depart at 04.40 hrs to reach Churchgate at 07.15 hrs. This train was earlier departing from Dahanu Road at 5.40 am &amp; running upto Virar only, whichnow has been extended upto Churchgate. The next local train DRD-4 departing Dahanu Road at 05.40 hrs will reach Virar at 06.55 hrs.Earlier DRD 4 was departing from Dahanu Road at 7.05 hrs &amp; was reaching at Virar at 8.20 hrs. Similarly, in the Down direction the first local for Dahanu Road DRD-1 will depart from Virar at 04.15 hrs to reach Dahanu Road at 05.30 hrs. Earlier DRD 1 was departing at 5.00 hrs from Virar &amp; was reaching Dahanu Road at 6.15 hrs. DRD-9 which was originating from Virar for Dahanu Road at 09.10 hrs, will now originatefrom Churchgate at 07.40 hrs to reach Dahanu Rd at 10.25 hrs. These changes will be specially beneficial for those essential category staff doing night shift.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revised New Timings of Dahanu Road in PDF Download \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2021\/12\/Revised-Timings-of-Dahanu-Road-locals-Train.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">Here\u2019s the verified update on <strong>Western Railway\u2019s special suburban services<\/strong> from <strong>Dahanu Road\u2013Virar extended up to Churchgate<\/strong>, focusing on the revised timings of <strong>four special local trains<\/strong>, primarily meant for essential service staff:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83d\ude89 Service Extension: Dahanu Road\u2013Virar to Churchgate<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>With effect from <strong>17 July 2025<\/strong>, Western Railway extended <strong>two existing special local trains<\/strong> between Dahanu Road and Virar all the way to <strong>Churchgate<\/strong>, exclusively for essential workers.<\/li>\n<li>These services were introduced to support key healthcare, utility, and other essential staff during COVID\u201119 restrictions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83d\udd52 Revised Timings of Four Special Trains (Effective 17 July 2020)<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Train ID<\/th>\n<th>Direction<\/th>\n<th>Original Timing (pre\u2011revision)<\/th>\n<th>Revised Timing<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>DRD\u20112<\/td>\n<td>Dahanu \u2192 Churchgate<\/td>\n<td>05:40 (ended at Virar)<\/td>\n<td><strong>04:40 \u2192 07:15 at Churchgate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DRD\u20114<\/td>\n<td>Dahanu \u2192 Virar<\/td>\n<td>07:05 \u2192 ~08:20<\/td>\n<td><strong>05:40 \u2192 06:55 (to Virar only)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DRD\u20111<\/td>\n<td>Virar \u2192 Dahanu<\/td>\n<td>05:00 \u2192 ~06:15<\/td>\n<td><strong>04:15 \u2192 05:30 (from Virar)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DRD\u20119<\/td>\n<td>Churchgate \u2192 Dahanu<\/td>\n<td>Originated from Virar at 09:10<\/td>\n<td><strong>07:40 from Churchgate \u2192 10:25 at Dahanu<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Train DRD\u20112<\/strong>: First run now departs <strong>Dahanu at 4:40\u202fAM<\/strong>, arriving <strong>Churchgate by 7:15\u202fAM<\/strong> (previously later and only up to Virar).<\/li>\n<li><strong>DRD\u20114<\/strong>: Shifted earlier; no longer extended to Churchgate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>DRD\u20111<\/strong>: Earlier morning return from Virar starts at <strong>4:15\u202fAM<\/strong>, reaching <strong>Dahanu by 5:30\u202fAM<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>DRD\u20119<\/strong>: Now begins at Churchgate at <strong>7:40\u202fAM<\/strong>, reaching <strong>Dahanu by 10:25\u202fAM<\/strong> (instead of starting mid-morning at Virar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\u2757 Key Usage Notes &amp; Context<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>These special services were meant <strong>solely for essential workers<\/strong> as per Maharashtra government guidelines at the time\u2014not for general commuters<\/li>\n<li>After commuter protests (e.g. the &#8220;rail roko&#8221; incident in Palghar), Western Railway <strong>continued running the DRD\u20112 early morning Churchgate service<\/strong> to Dahanu without interruption through December 2025<\/li>\n<li>There is <strong>no evidence that these special extended timings remain in effect in 2025<\/strong>. Routine commuter services have since resumed across the suburban network, and these special provisions are considered <strong>temporary, COVID-specific<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\u2705 Summary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>From 17 July 2025<\/strong>, two Dahanu Road\u2013Virar locals were extended to Churchgate, with four special train timings revised.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notably<\/strong>, DRD\u20112 shifted from 05:40 to <strong>04:40 departure from Dahanu<\/strong>, reaching Churchgate by <strong>07:15<\/strong>, while DRD\u20119 now starts at Churchgate at <strong>07:40 AM<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>These services were exclusively for <strong>essential services staff<\/strong> and <strong>not open to public use<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>They are <strong>not part of current regular suburban schedules<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Would you like to check current (2025) regular train services between Dahanu Road and Churchgate, or access up-to-date train numbers and schedules available on platforms like M\u2011Indicator or official Western Railway sources?<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western Railway-Dahanu Road-Virar Local Train Extended Upto Churchgate and Timings of 4 Local Special Train Revised WR\u2019s 2 SPECIAL SUBURBAN SERVICES BETWEEN DAHANU ROAD &amp; VIRAR EXTENDED UPTO CHURCHGATE &amp; TIMINGS OF 4 SPECIAL SERVICES CHANGED AS PER DEMAND Western Railway had commenced the services of a few local trains from 15th June, 2025 on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[256,4,125,126,127,128,129,359,360,39,6],"class_list":["post-4698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-time-table","tag-extension-of-trains","tag-irctc","tag-local-train-time-table","tag-mumbai-local-train","tag-mumbai-local-train-time-table","tag-mumbai-suburban-time-table","tag-mumbai-suburban-time-table-pdf","tag-mumbai-suburban-timetable-dahanu-rd-dn-trains","tag-mumbai-suburban-timetable-dahanu-rd-up-trains","tag-new-time-table","tag-railway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}