Central Railway has announced a special nighttime traffic block on the Harbour Line from the midnight of August 5/6 (Tuesday/Wednesday) to August 8/9 (Friday/Saturday). The block is being implemented to facilitate the commissioning of a new Electronic Interlocking System at Vashi station.
The blocks will be enforced each night from 10.45 pm to 3.45 am, affecting both UP and DOWN Harbour line services.
The complete details of the affected services are given below
Short-terminated UP trains:
Belapur-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) local at 8.54 pm will short-terminate at Vashi.
Belapur-CSMT local at 9.16 pm and Bandra-CSMT local at 10 pm will short-terminate at Wadala Road.
Panvel-Vashi locals at 10.50 pm and 11.32 pm will short-terminate at Nerul.
Short-originating DOWN trains
On August 5/6 & 6/7 (Tue/Wed & Wed/Thu):
Panvel locals from Wadala Road (5.06 am and 5.52 am) and CSMT (4.52 and 5.30 am) will instead start from Nerul.
CSMT-Goregaon local at 5.10 am will originate from Wadala Road.
On August 7/8 & 8/9 (Thu/Fri & Fri/Sat)
Only CSMT-Goregaon local at 5.10 am will originate from Wadala Road.
Cancelled services
UP Trains from Vashi
On August 5/6 & 6/7: Locals at 4.03 am, 4.15 am, 4.25 am, 4.37 am, 4.50 am, and 5.04 am will be cancelled.
On August 7/8 & 8/9: Locals at 4.03 am and 4.25 am will be cancelled.
DOWN Trains to Vashi
Locals departing CSMT at 9.50 pm, 10.14 pm, and 10.30 pm will be cancelled on all four nights of the block (August 5–9).
The Central Railway has appealed to all the Harbour line commuters to plan their travel accordingly during the block nights.
