Mumbai local train services on Central Railway’s Main and Harbour lines are facing diversions, delays and cancellations on November 15 as the Mumbai Division carries out essential engineering and maintenance work. Western Railway suburban services are not affected by the day’s megablock.
On the Main Line, the slow corridor between Thane and Kalyan will remain blocked from 11am to 4pm. Down slow and semi-fast trains departing Mulund between 10.43am and 3.53pm will be diverted to the fast corridor between Mulund and Kalyan. These services will halt at Thane, Kalva, Mumbra, Diva and Dombivli during the diversion.
Up slow and semi-fast services leaving Kalyan between 10.36am and 3.51pm will operate on the fast line up to Mulund before returning to the slow corridor. Central Railway expects these trains to run around 10 minutes behind schedule. Slow services arriving at or departing from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus between 11am and 5pm are also likely to be delayed by approximately 10 minutes.
Thane locals will continue to operate on the designated slow line during the block. The work is part of Central Railway’s planned engineering and maintenance activity on its suburban network, although the report did not specify the individual works being undertaken at each location.
The Harbour Line will see a longer service disruption on the Panvel-Vashi section, where train operations will remain suspended from 11.05am to 4.05pm. Several Harbour and Trans-Harbour services connecting Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Panvel and Thane will remain cancelled during the block period.
To reduce the effect on passengers, Central Railway will operate special local services between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Vashi. Services on the Port Line and on the Thane-Vashi/Nerul section will continue to run, according to Central Railway chief spokesperson Swapnil Nila.
The block affects several routes that connect eastern and harbour-side suburbs with Mumbai’s central city stations. Commuters travelling through Thane, Kalyan, Mulund, Panvel, Vashi, Dombivli and CSMT will therefore face different levels of disruption depending on their line and travel window. Western Railway passengers, however, are not affected by a day block on that suburban section.
Central Railway’s stated operational response is to use diversions, special services and continued operations on unaffected corridors while the maintenance block is in force. The scheduled Main Line block is set to end at 4pm, while the Panvel-Vashi Harbour Line suspension is scheduled to continue until 4.05pm.
