The Central Railway`s Mumbai Division, while sharing Mumbai local train updates, on Friday said that it will carry out a Mega Block on the Main Line this Sunday, September 14.
It said that the block will be operated to facilitate crucial engineering and maintenance work between Thane and Kalyan stations. The block will be operated on the 5th and 6th lines from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, impacting the movement of several long-distance trains.
However, there will be no Mega Block on the Harbour and Trans-Harbour lines, except for a traffic block on the Kurla–Tilaknagar section.
Affected train services:
UP Mail/Express trains diverted (Thane–Kalyan UP Fast Line)
These trains will be diverted and are expected to arrive at their destinations 10–15 minutes late:
11010 Pune–CSMT Sinhagad Express
17611 Hazur Sahib Nanded–CSMT Rajyarani Express
12124 Pune–CSMT Deccan Queen
12134 Mangaluru Jn–CSMT Express
13201 Patna–LTT Express
17221 Kakinada–LTT Express
12126 Pune–CSMT Pragati Express
12140 Nagpur–CSMT Sevagram Express
22160 Chennai–CSMT Express
22226 Solapur–CSMT Vande Bharat Express
12168 Banaras–LTT Express
12321 Howrah–CSMT Express
12812 Hatia–LTT Express
11014 Coimbatore–LTT Express
DOWN Mail/Express trains diverted (Thane–Kalyan DOWN Fast Line)
These trains will also be diverted and handed over 10–15 minutes late:
11029 CSMT–Kolhapur Koyna Express
11055 LTT–Gorakhpur Godan Express
11061 LTT–Jaynagar Express
16345 LTT–Thiruvananthapuram Netravati Express
MEMU services sffected
Train No. 61003 Vasai Road–Diva MEMU, departing Vasai at 09:50 hrs, will be short-terminated at Kopar.
Train No. 61004 Diva–Vasai Road MEMU will short-originate from Kopar at 11:45 hrs.
Kurla to get elevated as Central Railway plans to realign Harbour Line for new station
In a historic shift over a century on, the Central Railway is realigning the Harbour Line tracks to build a new station structure at Kurla this weekend. During a 14.5-hour mega block, the proposed diversion of rail lines between Kurla and Tilak Nagar stations will take place.
“It is being planned to realign and shift the tracks westwards to align with the new elevated station work. The elevated station at Kurla, part of the 5th and 6th lines, will not only cater to regular traffic but also have locals originating and terminating there. To proceed with the elevated station project at Kurla, we needed to use the space occupied by the existing century-old tracks. To keep trains running, we built a new set of tracks for a small stretch, where all existing Harbour Line traffic will be diverted as the work on the elevated corridor continues,” a senior official said.
The elevated railway station rises shortly after Chunabhatti station as the train moves towards Kurla and enters the new section. It lands just before the Santacruz–Chembur Link Road crossover on the Harbour Line near Tilak Nagar station. To facilitate this construction, the new set of two tracks has been built over marshy land between Kurla and Tilak Nagar stations, and the trains will be diverted here from Monday,” he explained.
The project, started around 2015, has also been flagged as one of the most mismanaged projects and has recently gained traction, with work speeding up after much criticism and censure.
