Western Railway, while sharing Mumbai local train updates, on Friday said that it will operate a jumbo block between Churchgate and Mumbai Central railway station on Sunday.
In an official statement, the Western Railway said that to carry out maintenance work of tracks, signaling and overhead equipment, a jumbo block of five hours will be taken on up and down slow lines between Churchgate and Mumbai Central (local) stations from 10:35 hrs to 15:35 hrs on Sunday, September 28, 2025.
According to a press release issued by Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, Vineet Abhishek, during the block period, all slow line trains will be operated on fast lines between Churchgate and Mumbai Central (local) stations.
Some suburban trains will remain cancelled during the block and some Churchgate trains will be short terminated/reversed ex Bandra/Dadar station. Passengers are requested to take note of the above arrangements, the Western Railway said.
Meanwhile, Central Railway’s Mumbai Division on Friday also announced a mega block on Sunday.
It said that the Central Railway will carry out a mega block on Sunday, affecting train services across the Main Line and Trans-Harbour Line.
The block is scheduled to facilitate critical engineering and maintenance works between Vidyavihar and Thane and on the UP and Down Trans-Harbour Line between Thane and Vashi/Nerul.
A block will be operated on the 5th and 6th lines of the Main Line between Vidyavihar and Thane from 08:00 hrs to 13:30 hrs.
The following DOWN trains will be diverted onto the DOWN fast line at Vidyavihar, then re-diverted at Thane, resulting in delays of 10–15 minutes:
11055 LTT–Gorakhpur Express
11061 LTT–Jaynagar Pawan Express
16345 LTT–Thiruvananthapuram Netravati Express
17222 LTT–Kakinada Express
Impact on UP Mail/Express Trains (CSMT-bound)
These trains will be diverted onto the UP fast line at Thane and are expected to arrive 10–15 minutes late:
11010 Pune–CSMT Sinhagad Express
12124 Pune–CSMT Deccan Queen
12126 Pune–CSMT Pragati Express
12140 Nagpur–CSMT Sevagram Express
22226 Solapur–CSMT Vande Bharat Express
12321 Howrah–CSMT Mail
11012 Dhule–CSMT Express
Impact on LTT-bound UP Trains:
These trains will be diverted via the UP fast line at Thane, then re-diverted to the 6th line at Vidyavihar:
13201 Rajgir–LTT Express
17221 Kakinada–LTT Express
12168 Banaras–LTT Superfast Express
12812 Hatia–LTT Express
Trans-Harbour Line Block:
Block Timing: 11:10 hrs to 16:10 hrs
Section Affected: Thane – Vashi / Nerul (UP & DN lines)
All UP and DN Trans-Harbour services between Thane and Vashi/Nerul will remain suspended during this period.
Cancelled services:
DN services from Thane to Vashi/Nerul/Panvel: 10:35 hrs to 16:07 hrs
UP services from Panvel/Nerul/Vashi to Thane: 10:25 hrs to 16:09 hrs
